Acupuncturist perceptions of serving as a clinical trial practitioner

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 183-189

  Thompson, M E ^a   Jenkins, J ^b   Smucker, A ^c   Smithwick, S ^c   Groopman, D ^c   Pastore, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Private Acupuncture Practices in Charlottesville (AS SS) and Richmond (DG)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Attitude of health professionals; Focus group methods; Practitioner perceptions; Qualitative research; Randomized clinical trial as a topic; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURIST; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL PRACTITIONER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT; PATIENT DENSITY; PATIENT DIVERSITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHAM PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OVARIAN DISEASES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84860836970     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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