Recruiting patients into a primary care based study of palliative care: Why is it so difficult?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-459

  Ewing, Gail ^a   Rogers, Margaret ^b   Barclay, Stephen ^c   McCabe, Janet ^d   Martin, Anna ^c   Todd, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b East Anglia's Children's Hospices   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Brookfields Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics committees; Gatekeeping; Palliative care; Primary care; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SAMPLE SIZE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FAMILY PRACTICE; GATEKEEPING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4444380538     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm905oa     Document Type: Article

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