Topics in research: Structuring studies in palliative care

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-489

  Davis, Mellar P ^a,b   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Formal feasibility trials; Randomization; Research

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84871256322     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835843d7     Document Type: Review

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