Whither survey research?: The challenges of undertaking postal surveys within the UK research governance framework

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-497

  Gerrish, Kate ^a   Guillaume, Louise ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

questionnaire; research governance; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRAWING; ENGLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANAGER; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST;

EID: 84990366449     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987106068347     Document Type: Article

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