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

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526429698 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.6 23
Online resources: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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