Getting evidence into policy: The need for deliberative strategies?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1039-1046

  Flitcroft, Kathy ^a   Gillespie, James ^a,b   Salkeld, Glenn ^a   Carter, Stacy ^a,b   Trevena, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bowel cancer; Decision making; Deliberative; Evidence; Health policy; Knowledge utilisation; Screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79953758311     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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