Action research from the inside: Issues and challenges in doing action research in your own hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 674-682

  Coghlan, David ^a   Casey, Mary ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action research; Insider action research; Methodology; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; WORK;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; KNOWLEDGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLITICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; ROLE;

EID: 0035463857     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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