UK research staff perspectives on improving recruitment and retention to primary care research; nominal group exercise

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Graffy, Jonathan ^a   Grant, Julie ^a   Boase, Sue ^a   Ward, Elaine ^b   Wallace, Paul ^b,c   Miller, Julia ^d   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b United Kingdom Clinical Research Network   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Health services research; Patient selection; Primary health care; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD; WORKSHOP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 59849129451     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn085     Document Type: Article

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