Research round-up

Interviewing women from an ethnic minority group: finding the sample, negotiating access and conducting semi- structured interviews

Alison Chappie

Focus group interviews as a methodology

Pam Jackson

Developing research methods in qualitative research: using a radio microphone in a pilot study

Rosemary Whyte, Hazel Watson

Evaluation of education for people with osteoarthritis of the knee: recruitment and retention issues in study design

Fiona Ross, Eric Triggs, Heather Cadbury, John Axford, Christina Victor

Patient recruitment and retention strategies in randomised controlled trials

Kate Wilson, Karen Rose

The randomised controlled trial: a critique

Carolyn Hicks

Developing a protocol for a randomised controlled trial: factors to consider

Kathryn Getliffe

Editorial

Steven Black