Blending practice development methods with social science research: An example of pushing new practice research boundaries

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-134

  Walsh, Ken ^a   Moss, Cheryle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Avoidable' emergency department presentations; Action research; Acute aged care and assessment; Methodological innovation; Practice development; Reconnaissance research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749289889     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987109357809     Document Type: Article

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