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The role of therapeutic optimism in recruitment to a clinical trial in a peripartum setting: balancing hope and uncertainty

BACKGROUND: Hope has therapeutic value because it enables people to cope with uncertainty about their future health. Indeed, hope, or therapeutic optimism (TO), is seen as an essential aspect of the provision and experience of medical care. The role of TO in clinical research has been briefly discus...

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Published in:Trials
Main Authors: Hallowell, Nina, Snowdon, Claire, Morrow, Susan, Norman, Jane E., Denison, Fiona C., Lawton, Julia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888535/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27245155
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1394-1
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