Clinical trial recruitment - A complex intervention?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 17-18, 2013, Pages 2436-2443

  Tramm, Ralph ^a,b   Daws, Karen ^b   Schadewaldt, Verena ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Methods; Nursing research; Patient selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX INTERVENTION; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COMPLEX INTERVENTION; METHODS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION;

PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880514952     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12145     Document Type: Article

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