Declining enrolment in a clinical trial and injurious misconceptions: Is there a flipside to the therapeutic misconception?

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Snowdon, Claire ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^b   Garcia, Jo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992903645     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/147775007783560193     Document Type: Article

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