The effects of the pdq patient information file (pif) on patients' knowledge, enrollment in clinical trials, and satisfaction

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-125

  Berner, Eta S ^a   Partridge, Edward E ^b   Baum, Susan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030752380     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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