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| - Medical interview. This technique is used for general health
assessment and for gathering a standard medical history. The
interviewer seeks to identify health patterns. In order to see
such patterns, the interviewer may have to conduct a thorough
interview. This form of interview can be utilized to find
various kinds of sources for effects on the body and general
health. - Anthropological interview. This technique is used in
socialological fieldwork to form an overall picture of the
informant's or interviewee's life. The purpose of the interview
is to be able to describe what is it like to be this particular
person, that is, the one being interviewed. In both cases, the
one doing the interview should be careful not to ask "yes or
no"-questions, but to get the subject to tell "the story of his
or her life", in his or her own words. It is common practice to
begin the interview with the