Using mixed methods to develop and evaluate complex interventions in palliative care research

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 748-757

  Farquhar, Morag C ^a   Ewing, Gail ^a   Booth, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; complex interventions; methodology; mixed methods; randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82955217841     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311417919     Document Type: Article

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