title: Participant observation, peripheral observation or apart-icipant observation?
abstract: Katharine Kite found it impossible to conduct research as a participant observer in an intensive care unit. Here she discusses the obstacles she faced and how she attempted to overcome them.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia, Norfolk.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kite