Patients' preferences and randomised trials

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8995, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Silverman, William A ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^b  

^a Centre for Statistics in Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FORECASTING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COHORT STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030065876     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90347-5     Document Type: Article

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