The emotional challenges of conducting in-depth research into significant health issues in health geography: reflections on emotional labour, fieldwork and life course

Area

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 436-442

  McGarrol, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional labour; fieldwork; life course; qualitative; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FIELDWORK; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LABOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

FIFE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85019070981     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12347     Document Type: Article

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