Levels of knowledge and perceived understanding among participants in cancer clinical trials - Factors related to the informed consent procedure

Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Bergenmar, Mia ^a   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Wilking, Nils ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951911118     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774510384516     Document Type: Article

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