Delphi methodology in health research: How to do it?

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 423-428

  Trevelyan, Esmé G ^a   Robinson, Nicola ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Delphi; Expert opinion; Guidelines; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIST;

EID: 84941260879     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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