'Can we smell the organizational coffee?' The gap between the theory and practice of 'learning practices'

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-374

  Elwyn, Glyn ^a   Hailey, Stephen ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STANDARDIZATION; WORKLOAD;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4143104720     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2004.00489.x     Document Type: Note

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