Challenges for a North American Doing Research with Traditional Indigenous Guatemalan Midwives
The purpose to this article is to narratively explore the process of doing research in a transcultural setting. The research project was an ethographic design using the method of participant observation. The setting was the highlands of Guatemala, and the participants were traditional indigenous mid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Qualitative Methods |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690600500404 |
| Summary: | The purpose to this article is to narratively explore the process of doing research in a transcultural setting. The research project was an ethographic design using the method of participant observation. The setting was the highlands of Guatemala, and the participants were traditional indigenous midwives with a divine mandate to practice. Using the experience of the research process, the author makes recommendations to future student researchers. |
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| ISSN: | 1609-4069 |