An alternative paradigm for clinical nursing research: An exemplar

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-255

  Sidani, Souraya ^a   Epstein, Dana R ^b   Moritz, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention effectiveness; Methods; Research design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; THEORY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0038577947     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10086     Document Type: Review

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