Recruitment and retention of patients into emergency medicine clinical trials

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1104-1112

  Cofield, Stacey S ^a   Conwit, Robin ^b   Barsan, William ^c   Quinn, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649457565     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00866.x     Document Type: Review

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