Facilitators and Barriers to Survey Participation by Physicians: A Call to Action for Researchers

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-295

  Klabunde, Carrie N ^a   Willis, Gordon B ^a   Casalino, Lawrence P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinicians; physician; qualitative research; response rates; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICIANS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESPONSE RATES; SURVEY;

CLINICIANS; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSE RATES; SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84883008454     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278713496426     Document Type: Article

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