Patient recruitment in clinical trials /

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Author / Creator:Spilker, Bert
Imprint:New York : Raven Press, c1992.
Description:xix, 346 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1463397
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Other authors / contributors:Cramer, Joyce A.
ISBN:0881679313
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-323) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Overview and Elements of Recruitment. 1. A Frame of Reference for Patient Recruitment Issues. 2. Perspectives of Patients, Physicians, and Staff About Recruitment. 3. Sources of Patients for Clinical Trials. 4. Methods for Recruiting Patients. 5. Ethical Issues in Patient Recruitment. 6. Economic Issues in Patient Recruitment
  • Pt. II. Putting the Elements of Recruitment Together. 7. Developing a Recruitment Strategy. 8. Strategies to Enhance (or Reduce) Patient Recruitment. 9. Goals and Quotas for Patient Recruitment. 10. Specific Patient Populations, Diseases, and Issues. 11. Publishing Data on the Recruitment Process
  • Pt. III. Consequences and Summary of Recruitment Issues. 12. Extrapolation of Clinical Trial Results: Its Dependence on Recruitment. 13. Golden Rules of Patient Recruitment. Appendix: Examples of Common Recruitment Problems.