Child Survival in Affluence and Poverty

Ethics and Fieldwork Experiences from Iceland and Guinea-Bissau

Bibliographic Data

ID2407262
AuthorsJónína Einarsdóttir (0000-0002-5868-4615, University of Iceland, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume18
Issue2
Pages189-204
Publication date2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCAM (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1525822x05285788
OpenAlexW2058063429
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited40

In this article, the author discusses ethical approaches in qualitative research with reference to anthropological fieldwork on abnormal birth and child survival in Guinea-Bissau and Iceland. These two countries represent extremes in terms of access to advanced health care services and rates of child mortality. The author focuses on ethical dilemmas encountered in these two field settings as well as considerations related to presentation of findings. Despite differences in the separation between fieldwork and family life and whether the infants' chances of survival may be dependent on the researcher's involvement, similarities in fieldwork experience are remarkable

Child mortality · Child survival · Ethnology · New guinea · Political science · Population · Poverty · Presentation (obstetrics) · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma

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