Paying for stories of impairment – parasitic or ethical? Reflections undertaking anthropological research in post-conflict Sierra Leone

Maria Berghs

doi:10.1080/15017419.2010.507370

Paying for stories of impairment – parasitic or ethical? Reflections undertaking anthropological research in post-conflict Sierra Leone

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 13 (2011): Issue 4

By: Maria Berghs

Open Access

|Dec 2011

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