Asking sensitive questions: accessing the 'private' account.
People living with faecal incontinence (FI) are often reluctant to talk to family or healthcare professionals about their feelings and the effects FI has on their lives. This paper provides an account of a continence nurse specialist undertaking a study using guided interviews to elicit the views of 22 people with FI.
Wilson
Mary
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Westwood Hospital, Beverley, UK.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012752:Shame; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires