A proposed taxonomy of terms to guide the clinical trial recruitment process

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Hagen, Neil A ^a,b   Wu, Jackson S ^a,b   Stiles, Carla R ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Feasibility; Palliative and end of life care; Trial design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955330697     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.324     Document Type: Article

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