title: An interviewing style for nursing assessment.
abstract: The research literature on health care interviewing styles is reviewed. A critique of the traditional provider question-client answer style is offered, and an alternative style, the conversational interview, is advocated as more client-focused and less interpersonally controlling. The potential of the conversational interview to produce an accurate shared understanding of the client's health status is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*