Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 745-754

  Steinhauser, Karen E ^a,b   Clipp, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Hays, Judith C ^b   Olsen, Maren ^a   Arnold, Robert ^c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^d   Lindquist, Jennifer Hoff ^a   Tulsky, James A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Methodology; Palliative care; Recruiting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33846031607     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306073112     Document Type: Article

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