The Unstructured Interactive Interview: Issues of Reciprocity and Risks when Dealing with Sensitive Topics

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-354

  Corbin, Juliet ^a   Morse, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethics; interviewing; qualitative research; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998065458     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800403009003001     Document Type: Article

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