Avoiding the pitfalls of ‘conventional’ narrative research: Using poststructural theory to guide the creation of narratives of children with HIV

Qualitative Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-90

  Blumenreich, Megan ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; narrative research; poststructural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004377751     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794104041108     Document Type: Article

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