A pilot survey of African-American physician perceptions about clinical trials

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Lynch, Gwendolyn F ^a,c   Gorelick, Philip B ^a   Raman, Rema ^b   Leurgans, Sue ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Ethnicity; Patient recruitment; Physician involvement

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035749353     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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