Objections in Research Interviewing

In-Depth Interviewing in Family Medicine Research

Interviewing in Qualitative Research : A Methodological Discussion

This article summarizes findings from studies that employed electronic mail (e-mail) for conducting in-depth interviewing. It discusses the benefits of, and the challenges associated with, using e-mail interviewing in qualitative research. The article concludes that while a mixed mode interviewing strategy should be considered when possible, e-mail interviewing can be in many cases a viable alt...

Qualitative research method-interviewing and observation

Address for correspondence: Dr. Shazia Jamshed, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus, Pahang, Malaysia. E‐mail: [email protected] Buckley and Chiang define research methodology as “a strategy or architectural design by which the researcher maps out an approach to problem‐finding or problem‐solving.”[1] According ...

Comprehensive, research-based interviewing guidelines in general practice settings.

Medical interviewing has evolved considerably during the last 35-50 years. Nowhere has progress been greater than with the articulation of the interview's endpoint, the biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1977b; 1980). Interviewers collect personal information and physical symptoms from the patient and, then, synthesize these data to produce a biopsychosocial description — the patient's story. We gen...

Objections to hospital philosophers.

Like morally sensitive hospital staff, philosophers resist routine simplification of morally complex cases. Like hospital clergy, they favour reflective and principled decision-making. Like hospital lawyers, they refine and extend the language we use to formulate and defend our complex decisions. But hospital philosophers are not redundant: they have a wider range of principles and categories a...