Title of article
The fake patient: A research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital
Author/Authors
Sjaak van der Geest، نويسنده , , Samuel Sarkodie، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
Pages
9
From page
1373
To page
1381
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.
Keywords
anthropology , Participant observation , unobtrusive observation , Ghana , Research Methodology , Hospital
Journal title
Social Science and Medicine
Serial Year
1998
Journal title
Social Science and Medicine
Record number
599892
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