Although some felt persuaded to apply, others had entered management because of a feeling of curiosity.
(Or so the notes claim; I felt persuaded that the work was much, much longer while watching).
And, anecdotally, there were certainly voters who said they were leaning toward Messrs. Obama and Edwards but felt persuaded by Mrs. Clinton's presentation to jump into her camp, or at least give it serious thought.
Some felt persuaded to take part in the RCT: I wanted surgery from the beginning, but I felt persuaded to try training after randomisation.
The statements could deal with a lack of rapport with the patient, either when the GP felt persuaded to take an unnecessary action, or when the GP felt that the patient would not follow the recommendations given.
We also asked whether the respondents had ever felt persuaded to accept an examination or treatment which they did not want (yes/no), and in case if this had led to unfortunate consequences for their health (yes/no).
Multiple logistic regression models showed that respondents who had felt persuaded to accept an examination or a treatment they did not want (4% of the respondents), or who had found it difficult to get a referral from primary to specialist health care (9% of the respondents), reported a markedly increased occurrence of self-experienced AEs and AEs affecting their relatives (Table 2).
We found that respondents who had felt persuaded to accept an examination or a treatment they did not want, and respondents who had found it difficult to be referred from a GP to specialist health care, had a markedly increased likelihood to report AEs, affecting themselves as well as their relatives.
Secretary Powell has won victories on points of principle that he felt deeply, persuading the administration that the Geneva Conventions governed the handling of captured Taliban fighters, even if they were not granted status as prisoners of war, and arguing successfully that a new arms reduction agreement with Russia should take the form of a treaty ratified by the Senate.
