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Do Research Interviews Cause Distress or Interfere in Management?

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: Research interviews with seriously ill patients are now often undertaken in quality of life research. Clinicians may be approached by researchers wishing to study their patients, and may be worried at some ethical aspects of interviewing. Concerns may include potential distress which interviews may cause, that they may interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, and perhaps, a scepticism that techniques addressing psychosocial concerns produce only 'soft' data. However, interview methods are a valuable tool for medical sociologists, nurse researchers and others. We discuss here some reflections following a study that involved interviewing severely ill patients with incurable malignant cerebral glioma. We use our observations to answer concerns and to discuss problems that arose. We suggest areas researchers and clinicians might consider before embarking on such collaboration.

Source: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

DOI: 10.1016/s0035-8819(25)01817-3

Authors: Elizabeth A Davies, S M Hall, C R A Clarke, M P Bannon, A P Hopkins

Institutions: St Bartholomew's Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal College of Physicians

Language: English

Topic: Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4407827240

FWCI: 1.194

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Cited by: 25

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