title: A life review interview guide: a structured systems approach to information gathering.
abstract: This clinical project introduces a guide to provide the interviewer with a methodological systems approach for information gathering in the life review process. The guide is structured in such a way as to elicit positive life events for the purpose of enhancing a sense of well-being as well as to elicit negative life events to encourage the client to address unresolved loss-grief issues. In effect, the Life Review Interview Guide serves to promote high self-esteem and to assist the interviewee through the grieving process. In addition, the Guide assisted the student-interviewer in formulating and selecting a wide range of questions.
authors.affiliation: University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Beechem
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurtz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged