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Make it easy on yourself! — advice to researchers from someone with dementia on being interviewed
Author(s)	James McKillop, Heather Wilkinson
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 3, no 2, June 2004
Pages	pp 117-126
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com/ejournals
Keywords	Dementia ; Attitude ; Interviewing ; Research ; Methodology.
Annotation	The authors draw on personal experience to discuss the use of the interview as a research method from the perspective of someone with dementia, James McKillop. Despite the increased emphasis on including people with dementia themselves in research, the perspective of the person with dementia on the interview situation is, so far, missing. The authors hope to add to the established understanding that people with dementia can be included in research, by outlining the reflection of a person with dementia about how it felt and what was useful in taking part in the interview. In particular, they want to highlight the importance of the relationship created in an interview, the role of the social setting, and some basic practical strategies to make the situation easier. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040714201 A
Classmark	EA: DP: 3DL: 3A: 3D
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