Forging convictions: The effects of active participation in a clinical trial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2041-2048

  Scott, Clare ^a   Walker, Jan ^b   White, Peter ^b   Lewith, George ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Clinical trial; Context effects; RCT; Research participation; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SERVICE PROVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PLACEBOS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958796130     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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