Realist RCTs of complex interventions – An oxymoron
Authors:
- Bruno MarchalBMBruno Marchal
- Gill WesthorpGWGill Westhorp
- Geoff WongGWGeoff Wong
- Sara Van BelleSBSara Van Belle
- Trisha GreenhalghTGTrisha Greenhalgh
- Guy KegelsGKGuy Kegels
- Ray PawsonRPRay Pawson
- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Elsevier in Social Science & Medicine
- Vol. 94, 124-128
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