Whole System Demonstrator trial: Policy, politics, and publication ethics

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7869, 2012, Pages

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS; TELEMEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84864874105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5280     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. Department of Health. A concordat between the Department of Health and the telehealth and telecare industry. www.3millionlives.co.uk/pdf/Concordat%20- %20FINAL.pdf. 2012.
3. Department of Health. Whole Systems Demonstrator: Headline findings - December 2011. www.dh.gov.uk/health/2011/12/wsd-headline-findings/.
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5. Greenhalgh T. Whole System Demonstrator: desperately seeking peer-reviewed papers. [Electronic response to: Vickers H. Telemedicine may cut emergency admissions for COPD.] BMJ 2011; www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/11/03/ whole-system-demonstratordesperately-seeking-peer-reviewed-papers.