Methodological issues in interviews involving people with communication impairments after acquired brain damage

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1361-1371

  Carlsson, Eva ^a   Paterson, Barbara L ^b   Scott Findlay, Shannon ^c   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication impairment; Fatigue; Informed consent; Interviewing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 36248963508     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307306926     Document Type: Article

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