Memoing in qualitative research

Lyn Gardner has been a lecturer in sociology and mental health nursing for over 15 years and is now Head of Mental Health Studies at Swansea University. Much of her work has focused on the experience of women as users of mental health services, and whilst at Portsmouth and Southampton Universities she was involved in facilitating partnerships between mental health service users and educationalists. Her current research is an ethnographic study with women who self-injure. E-mail: [email protected]