Use of serial qualitative interviews to understand patients' evolving experiences and needs
BMJPublished 28 September 2009
Scott Murray, Marilyn Kendall, Emma Carduff, Alison Worth, Fiona Harris, Anna Lloyd
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Interviewing patients over the course of their illness can give a much better picture of their experience than single interviews, but the approach is rarely used.
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Interviewing patients over the course of their illness can give a much better picture of their experience than single interviews, but the approach is rarely used. Scott Murray and colleagues explain how to get the most from it
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