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. 1967 Spring;2(1):46–60.

Small Sample Field Experiments for Evaluating Patient Care

Robert C Leonard, James K Skipper Jr, Powhatan J Wooldridge
PMCID: PMC1065735

Abstract

The application of social research methodology, combined with R. A. Fisher's design for experiments, to the problem of evaluating patient care is discussed. Specifically, the authors call attention to one important strategy which has to date received little emphasis: clinical experimentation in the professional process. Patient care, apart from cure, is defined here as a communication process between the professional and the patient. The particular research question concerns the effects of interpersonal communication on patient behavior.

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