Infertile? The emotional labour of sensitive and feminist research methodologies

Qualitative Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 546-561

  Carroll, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotional labour; feminist methodology; in vitro fertilisation; infertility; reflexivity; sensitive research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884400475     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794112455039     Document Type: Article

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