Building research capacity in the allied health professions

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-68

  Pickstone, Caroline ^a   Nancarrow, Susan A ^b   Cooke, Jo M ^c   Vernon, Wesley ^b,f   Mountain, Gall A ^b   Boyce, Rosalie A ^d   Campbell, Jackie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Clinical research; Facilitators; Health services research

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649119392     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426408783477864     Document Type: Article

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