Engaging the oldest old in research: Lessons from the Newcastle 85+ study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Davies, Karen ^a   Collerton, Joanna C ^a   Jagger, Carol ^a   Bond, John ^a   Barker, Sally Ah ^a   Edwards, June ^a   Hughes, Joan ^a   Hunt, Judith M ^a   Robinson, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 77957204129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-64     Document Type: Article

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