A case study of knowledge management in multi-agency consumer-informed 'communities of practice': Implications for evidence-based policy development in health and social services

Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-310

  Gabbay, John ^a,b   Le May, Andrée ^a   Jefferson, Harriet ^a   Webb, Dale ^a   Lovelock, Robin ^a   Powell, Jackie ^a   Lathlean, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Biomedical Sciences Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Evidence based practice; Health and social services; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SCIENCE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0041418101     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459303007003003     Document Type: Article

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