Bridging the research - Practice gap: Exploring the research cultures of practitioners and managers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 428-437

  Le May, Andree ^b   Mulhall, Anne ^c   Alexander, Caroline ^a  

^a Foundation of Nursing Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Health care; Managers; Practitioners; Research cultures; Research utilization; Research based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032135235     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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