Fortuitous phenomena: On complexity, pragmatic randomised controlled trials, and knowledge for evidence-based practice

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Thompson, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Complexity; Practice development; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 27644476450     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2004.04004.x     Document Type: Article

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