The acceptability and impact of a randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: Qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Mackintosh, Joan ^a   White, Martin ^a   Howel, Denise ^a   Sandell, Adam ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FINANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EVALUATION STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CONSULTANTS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 33746464502     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-6     Document Type: Article

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