'Working at the margins' or 'leading from behind'?: A Canadian study of hospital-community collaboration

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-135

  Poland, Blake ^a,f   Graham, Heather ^g   Walsh, Elaine ^b   Williams, Paul ^a   Fell, Leslie ^g   Lum, Janet M ^c   Polzer, Jessica ^a   Syed, Saddaf ^a   Tobin, Stasey ^d   Kim, Gregory ^d   Yardy, Gail ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community; Hospital; Qualitative methods; Survey

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW;

CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 20044390545     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00542.x     Document Type: Review

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