Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Brehaut, Jamie C ^a,b   Lott, Alison ^e   Fergusson, Dean A ^a,b   Shojania, Kaveh G ^f   Kimmelman, Jonathan ^d   Saginur, Raphael ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 49749117877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-3-38     Document Type: Article

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