Recruitment challenges associated with a randomised controlled trial within a general telephone counselling service

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 409-413

  Burgess, Nicole ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Farrer, Louise ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 78149234938     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.090814     Document Type: Article

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