Using facebook to recruit young adults for qualitative research projects: How difficult is it?

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 511-515

  Balfe, Myles ^a   Doyle, Frank ^a   Conroy, Ronan ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; IRELAND; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868377487     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NXN.0b013e31826e4fca     Document Type: Article

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