Interest in research participation among hospice patients, caregivers, and ambulatory senior citizens: Practical barriers or ethical contraints?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 968-974

  Williams, Charlotte J ^a,b,c   Shuster Jr , John L ^d   Clay, Olivio J ^b   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a,c  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33747879001     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.968     Document Type: Review

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