Diversity of participants in clinical trials in an academic medical center: The role of the 'good study patient?'

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 608-615

  Joseph, Galen ^a   Dohan, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual; Cancer; Clinical trials; Provider roles; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 60049095079     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24028     Document Type: Article

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