title: Photography as a method of data collection: helping people with long-term mental illness to convey their life world.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe a method to help patients with long-term mental illness describe their life situations--their "life worlds"--through photography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Photographs and interviews are useful for data collection. The positive effect of this method is allowing informants who have long-term mental illnesses to express their perceptions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can use photography in conjunction with interviews to ascertain the life worlds of their patients.
authors.affiliation: Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm, Sweden. anette.erdner@esh.se
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdner
authors.forename: Annabella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magnusson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010781:Photography; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods