Photovoice Ethics: Critical Reflections From Men’s Mental Health Research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 446-455

  Creighton, Genevieve ^a   Oliffe, John L ^a   Ferlatte, Olivier ^a   Bottorff, Joan ^a   Broom, Alex ^b   Jenkins, Emily K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canada; ethics; moral perspectives; North America; North Americans; qualitative; qualitative methods; research design, photography, photovoice; research evaluation, methodology; research strategies

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SUICIDE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUICIDE;

EID: 85040341569     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732317729137     Document Type: Article

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