Incentives and disincentives to participation by clinicians in randomised controlled trials

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rendell, Jennifer M ^a,b   Merritt, Rowena K ^a   Geddes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Attitude of health personnel; *Motivation; *Patient selection; Randomized controlled trials as topic *psychology ; Research personnel *psychology ; Sample size

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW;

EID: 43749088777     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000021.pub3     Document Type: Review

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