Reflections on Participant Observation in Drugs Research
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Addiction Research & Theory
- Vol. 9 (4) , 325-337
- https://doi.org/10.3109/16066350109141757
Abstract
Participant observation needs to be reinstated in drugs research. An excerpt from a 13 year-old field diary is used to illustrate its potential to augment and inform key issues in drugs research.Keywords
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