Recruitment and Retention of Families in Clinical Trials with Longitudinal Designs

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 314-333

  Motzer, Sandra Adams ^b   Moseley, Jean Reynolds ^a   Lewis, Frances Marcus ^b  

^a Adult Oncology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031160510     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599701900304     Document Type: Article

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