Attitudes, knowledge and barriers to participation in cancer clinical trials among rural and remote patients

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Sabesan, Sabe ^a,b   Burgher, Bjourn ^a,b   Buettner, Petra ^b   Piliouras, Peter ^a   Otty, Zulfiquer ^a   Varma, Suresh ^a   Thaker, Darshit ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier; Randomized clinical trial; Rural participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH SUBJECT; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79951755927     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2010.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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