Effects on patients of their healthcare practitioner's or institution's participation in clinical trials: A systematic review

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Clarke, Mike ^a,b   Loudon, Kirsty ^a  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL BIAS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651542510     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-16     Document Type: Article

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