The role of the multidisciplinary team in recruiting to cancer clinical trials

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-154

  Maslin Prothero, S ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Clinical trials; Multidisciplinary teams; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLE PLAYING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROLE;

EID: 33645710809     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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