Consumer involvement at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit: results of a survey
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Consumer involvement at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit: results of a survey
Methods Staff responsible for studies included in a Unit Progress Report (MRC CTU, April 2009) were asked to complete a questionnaire survey regarding consumer involvement. This was defined as active involvement of consumers as partners in the research process and not as subjects of that research. The electronic questionnaires combined open and closed questions, intended to capture quantitative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-s1-a81