Nurse Practitioners' attitudes about cancer clinical trials and willingness to recommend research participation

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-84

  Ulrich, Connie M ^a   Zhou, Quiping ^b   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^c   Ye, Lichuan ^d   Grady, Christine ^e   Watkins Bruner, Deborah ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Nurse Practitioners; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855346360     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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