The Effect of Question Wording in Questionnaire Surveys on Placebo Use in Clinical Practice

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-461

  Babel, Przemysław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

clinical practice; effect of question wording; placebo; primary care; questionnaire surveys

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PLACEBOS; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868637552     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278711420285     Document Type: Article

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