This paper is intended to initiate a debate about research on unpaid, informal, often family carers by bringing together and summarising concerns with the research methods employed and its underlying assumptions. We hope to encourage researchers to rethink how they approach research with this important group. We believe that a different, more discerning approach to exploring the experiences and needs of family carers and how to support them will not only broaden how we understand caring but can also be expected to improve both the lives of carers and those of the people they support.
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