Research in culturally dreaded places : navigating trust, tone, and intergenerational tensions in elder care research /

Based on a study of elders and their caregivers in long-term care, Erickson invites students to consider the ethical challenges of ethnographic research. She provides examples of unexpected interactions and circumstances when researchers are embedded in a research site. Using the example of gratitud...

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Main Author: Erickson, Karla A., 1973- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018.
Series:SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Based on a study of elders and their caregivers in long-term care, Erickson invites students to consider the ethical challenges of ethnographic research. She provides examples of unexpected interactions and circumstances when researchers are embedded in a research site. Using the example of gratitude in the research process, Erickson raises ethical questions about research conduct in all its complexity in dreaded cultural sites like nursing homes.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526429698
1526429691