Bereaved relatives' views about participating in cancer research

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-383

  Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Hall, Sue ^a   Riley, Julia ^b   McCrone, Paul ^a   Gomes, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereaved relatives; cancer; cognitive interviewing; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TERMINAL CARE;

BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84861831183     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311405091     Document Type: Article

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