Promoting public awareness of randomised clinical trials using the media: The 'Get Randomised' campaign

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-135

  MacKenzie, Isla S ^b   Wei, Li ^b   Rutherford, Daniel ^b   Findlay, Evelyn A ^b   Saywood, Wendy ^b   Campbell, Marion K ^a   MacDonald, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Keywords; Media; Public engagement; Randomised clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149164034     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03561.x     Document Type: Article

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