Teams Talking Trials: Results of an RCT to improve the communication of cancer teams about treatment trials

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Jenkins, V A ^a   Farewell, D ^b   Farewell, V ^c   Batt, L ^d   Wagstaff, J ^d   Langridge, C ^a   Fallowfield, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d NISCHR Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial recruitment; Communication; Multidisciplinary cancer teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84875234210     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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