Knowledge sources affecting decision-making among social and health care managers

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-199

  Simonen, Outi ^a   Viitanen, Elina ^a   Lehto, Juhani ^a   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Finland; Health services; Knowledge management; Medical management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349801797     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260910960920     Document Type: Article

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