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Dear Roy, Greetings from coastal Suffolk. There appears to be a lot of literature out there on this topic. Please find below a selection of articles addressing this issue. Hope this is of some interest/?use. Richardson A, Sutherland M, Wells E, Toop L, Plumridge L. Factors affecting general practitioner involvement in a randomised controlled trial in primary care. N Z Med J 2002 Apr 12;115(1151):153-5 Veitch C, Hollins J, Worley P, Mitchell G. General practice research. Problems and solutions in participant recruitment and retention. Aust Fam Physician 2001 Apr;30(4):399-406 Asch S, Connor SE, Hamilton EG, Fox SA. Problems in recruiting community-based physicians for health services research. J Gen Intern Med 2000 Aug;15(8):591-9 Shelton BJ, Wofford JL, Gosselink CA, McClatchey MW, Brekke K, Conry C, Wolfe P, Cohen SJ. Recruitment and retention of physicians for primary care research. J Community Health 2002 Apr;27(2):79-89 Askew DA, Clavarino AM, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB. General practice research: attitudes and involvement of Queensland general practitioners. Med J Aust 2002 Jul 15;177(2):74-7. http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/177_02_150702/ask10273_fm.html (full text free access) Traynor V, Neary S, Bridges-Webb C, Miles DA, Britt H, Charles J. Recruiting general practitioners for survey research. Aust Fam Physician 1993 May;22(5):790-1, 794-5 Hammersley V, Hippisley-Cox J, Wilson A, Pringle M. A comparison of research general practices and their patients with other practices--a cross-sectional survey in Trent. Br J Gen Pract 2002 Jun;52(479):463-8 Taylor FC, Davidson O, King M, Haines A, Davidson O, Sharp D. Recruitment of general practitioners to a randomized trial. Br J Gen Pract 1998 Oct;48(435):1704 Peto V, Coulter A, Bond A. Factors affecting general practitioners' recruitment of patients into a prospective study. Fam Pract 1993 Jun;10(2):207-11 Ellis PM, Hobbs MK, Rikard-Bell GC, Ward JE. General practitioners' attitudes to randomised clinical trials for women with breast cancer. Med J Aust 1999 Sep 20;171(6):303-5 van der Windt DA, Koes BW, van Aarst M, Heemskerk MA, Bouter LM. Practical aspects of conducting a pragmatic randomised trial in primary care: patient recruitment and outcome assessment. Br J Gen Pract 2000 May;50(454):371-4 Bell-Syer SE, Moffett JA. Recruiting patients to randomized trials in primary care: principles and case study. Fam Pract 2000 Apr;17(2):187-91 de Wit NJ, Quartero AO, Zuithoff AP, Numans ME. Participation and successful patient recruitment in primary care. J Fam Pract 2001 Nov;50(11):976 Reid CM, Ryan P, Nelson M, Beckinsale P, McMurchie M, Gleave D, DeLoozef F, Wing LM; ANBP2 Management Committee. General practitioner participation in the second Australian National Blood Pressure Study (ANBP2). Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001 Aug;28(8):663-7 Rokstad K, Fugelli P. How to succeed in a multipractice study. Fam Med 1993 Jul-Aug;25(7):461-4 Heywood A, Mudge P, Ring I, Sanson-Fisher R. Reducing systematic bias in studies of general practitioners: the use of a medical peer in the recruitment of general practitioners in research. Fam Pract 1995 Jun;12(2):227-31 Cheers & regards, Badri http://myprofile.cos.com/badrishanthi _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk