Partnership Synergy: A Practical Framework for Studying and Strengthening the Collaborative Advantage

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-205

  Lasker, Roz D ^a   Weiss, Elisa S ^b   Miller, Rebecca ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES; HUMANS; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035224070     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00203     Document Type: Article

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