Gaining access to potential research participants

Rose, K.E.

Professional Nurse 15(7): 465-467

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130
PMID: 11129931
Document Number: 521074
A researcher who undertook a study involving informal carers of terminally ill cancer patients had difficulty accessing participants through primary care nurses. Many of the nurses approached were unable to function as autonomous professionals in facilitating access to subjects without a doctor's permission. Such attitudes can make it more difficult for research to achieve its objectives.

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