Transcriptionist saturation: Knowing too much about sensitive health and social data

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-303

  Wilkes, Lesley ^a   Cummings, Joanne ^b   Haigh, Carol ^c  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information technology; Nursing research; Occupational health; Online transcription companies; Qualitative interviews; Research methods; Sensitive interviews; Stress; Textual analysis; Transcribers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84921028228     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12510     Document Type: Article

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