Striving to recruit: The difficulties of conducting clinical research on elderly care home residents

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Zermansky, Arnold G ^a   Alldred, David P ^a   Petty, Duncan R ^a   Raynor, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 34347216693     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.6.258     Document Type: Review

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