Difficulties in conducting a randomized controlled trial of health service interventions in intellectual disability: implications for evidence-based practice.

BACKGROUND: In an era of evidence-based medicine, practice is constantly monitored for quality in accordance with the needs of clinical governance (Oyebode et al. 1999). This is likely to lead to a dramatic change in the treatment of those with intellectual disability (ID), in which evidence for eff...

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Published in:Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 340 - 346
Main Authors: Oliver PC, Piachaud J, Done J, Regan A, Cooray S, Tyrer P
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2002
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