Research Design for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Technologies: An Empirical Example and Critical Discussion

Evaluation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-305

  Cowley, Sarah ^a   Grocott, Patricia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaborative research; complex evaluation; methodological development; user focused research; wound care products

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047223676     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389007078629     Document Type: Article

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