Patient preferences and the ironic nature of randomized trials

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-228

  Udell, Jacob A ^a   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953902555     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11399125     Document Type: Editorial

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