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Conducting an interview.

The traditional guidance to researchers conducting interviews in the field is that the researcher should say as little as possible and encourage the respondents to talk in an untramelled way about the issues under discussion. But is this approach appropriate in all circumstances? Keith Melia examines the issues by focusing on research carried out in an intensive care unit.