Randomised controlled trial of a new palliative care service: Compliance, recruitment and completeness of follow-up

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Hart, Sam ^a   Burman, Rachel ^a   Silber, Eli ^b   Saleem, Tariq ^a   Edmonds, Polly ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46449138701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-7     Document Type: Article

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