Chapter 9. Drug User Researchers as Autoethnographers: "Doing Reflexivity" With Women Drug Users

• Published in: Substance use & misuse Vol. 48; no. 13; pp. 1377 - 1385
• Main Author: Ettorre, Elizabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa Healthcare 01.11.2013; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropology, Cultural; autoethnography; Drug use; Drug Users - psychology; Female; gender; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Narration; Narratives; reflexivity; Validation studies; Women; women drug users; Women's Health

This article explores autoethnography, based upon transcribed, narratives, conversations, and research notes, as a useful method of creating social and cultural insights into the lives of women drug users and their particular kinds of problems and to related issues of reflexivity, reliability, and v...