Recruitment and retention of ethnic minority elders into clinical research

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Rabinowitz, Yaron G ^a   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; ethnic minority research; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956437731     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181f12869     Document Type: Review

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