Mystery shopping demystified: Is it a justifiable research method?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 7299, 2004, Pages 615-617

  Jesson, Jill ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM;

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