Collaboration and partnerships: Developing the evidence base

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 215-227

  Ansari, Walid El ^a   Phillips, Ceri J ^b   Hammick, Marilyn ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Evaluation; Evidence base; Health and social care; Methodology; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035407117     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0966-0410.2001.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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