Entangled evidence: Knowledge making in systematic reviews in healthcare

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-197

  Moreira, Tiago ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Healthcare; Knowledge practices; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; POLITICS;

EID: 33947601345     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00531.x     Document Type: Review

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