Action research: What, why and how?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-90

  Vallenga, Dineke ^a   Grypdonck, Mieke H F ^b   Hoogwerf, Lucienne J R ^c   Tan, Francis I Y ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University ^*  (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Research methods; Research practice gap

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 67849103477     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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