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A Researcher, a Container, or Both? A Stance of a Researcher in a Qualitative Research with Bereaved Children

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Being a novice researcher, I was both excited and cautious when I conducted my first qualitative research for my dissertation. Excitement results from that I have chosen a research topic that I was deeply interested in; caution comes from the diverse ethical dilemmas a researcher would face when conducting a research. This chapter focuses on the dilemmas that I encountered in the course I conducted a qualitative research.

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  1. School of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China

    Vivian Ting Chuk Lai

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Lai, V.T.C. (2019). A Researcher, a Container, or Both? A Stance of a Researcher in a Qualitative Research with Bereaved Children. In: Tsang, K., Liu, D., Hong, Y. (eds) Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5811-1_11

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