Reasons for participating in randomised controlled trials: conditional altruism and considerations for self.

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Published in Trials on March 22, 2010

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Sharon K McCann1, Marion K Campbell, Vikki A Entwistle

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1: Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK. s.k.mccann@abdn.ac.uk

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