title: Gaining access to potential research participants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manchester.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing; D018579:Patient Selection; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013727:Terminal Care