Ethnography, Fidelity, and the Evidence that Anthropology Adds: Supplementing the Fidelity Process in a Clinical Trial of Supported Employment

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-161

  Smith Morris, Carolyn ^a   Lopez, Gilberto ^b   Ottomanelli, Lisa ^c   Goetz, Lance ^d   Dixon Lawson, Kimberly ^e  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Randomized controlled trial; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ETHNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84901850140     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12093     Document Type: Article

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