Making research matter: A civil society perspective on health research

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 757-763

  Sanders, David ^a   Labonte, Ronald ^b,c   Baum, Fran ^d   Chopra, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer participation; Delivery of health care; Epidemiologic factors; Evidence based medicine; Health priorities; Health services research; Nongovernmental organizations; Policy making; Primary health care; Social justice

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; JUSTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 7644241618     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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