Mothers' attitudes to the randomized controlled trial (RCT): The case of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 517-523

  Eiser, Christine ^a   Davies, H ^b   Jenney, M ^c   Glaser, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Parents' views; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23844492536     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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