Modifying the Diary Interview Method to Research the Lives of People With Dementia

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1717-1726

  Bartlett, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; diaries journals; qualitative; research; research participation; visual methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WRITING;

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WRITING;

EID: 84891421627     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312462240     Document Type: Article

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