Beyond the "fetishism of words": Considerations on the use of the interview to gather chronic illness narratives

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-490

  Miczo, Nathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Narratives; Qualitative interviewing; Self presentation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETISHISM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037809520     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732302250756     Document Type: Article

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