| Authors |
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| Publication date |
1998
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| Journal |
Social Science & Medicine
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| Volume | Issue number |
47 | 9
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| Pages (from-to) |
1373-1381
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
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| Abstract |
The authors report on a research experiment involving the admission of one of them as a pseudo-patient in a rural Ghanaian hospital. The experiment was meant to assess the feasibility of carrying out unobtrusive participant observation in a hospital setting. Practical, methodological and ethical implications are discussed.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00179-8
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