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The qualitative research interview

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ID5790397
AuthorsBarbara Dicicco-Bloom (0000-0001-7296-4157), Barbara DiCicco‐Bloom, Benjamin F Crabtree (0000-0003-2292-6835)
Year2006
Volume40
Issue4
Pages314-321
Publication date2006-03-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-0110 • E-ISSN: 1365-2923
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02418.x
PMID16573666
OpenAlexW2129598873
LanguageEN
Citations received645
References cited28

Background Interviews are among the most familiar strategies for collecting qualitative data. The different qualitative interviewing strategies in common use emerged from diverse disciplinary perspectives resulting in a wide variation among interviewing approaches. Unlike the highly structured survey interviews and questionnaires used in epidemiology and most health services research, we examine less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved. Purpose In this article we briefly review the more common qualitative interview methods and then focus on the widely used individual face-to-face in-depth interview, which seeks to foster learning about individual experiences and perspectives on a given set of issues. We discuss methods for conducting in-depth interviews and consider relevant ethical issues with particular regard to the rights and protection of the participants

Interview · Semi-structured interview · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications

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