The difficulties of recruiting participants from a non-dominant culture into palliative care research

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Hsu, Chiung Yin ^a,b   O'Connor, Margaret ^b   Lee, Susan ^b  

^a Health Science and Management   (Taiwan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese people; Chinese traditions; Culture; Palliative care research; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84876764886     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743291X12Y.0000000019     Document Type: Article

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