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Article: A Call to Action: Patients' Access to Clinical Trials.(social worker as source of information)
- Article from:
- Health and Social Work
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 National Association of Social Workers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The National Cancer Institute demonstrated its new Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program (CCTEP) at the American Association of Social Workers annual meeting in San Diego, California, in May 1998. The goal was to develop a cadre of social workers who could facilitate community outreach and health professional training using CCTEP. This article is an abridged version of that presentation. It raises awareness of the important role social workers can play in clinical trials recruitment, gives an overview of clinical trials, and suggests ways social workers can help facilitate accrual to clinical trials.
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