Collaboration between researchers and health care providers in bridging the gap between research and practice: Some observations from a natural experiment

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-62

  Gerrish, Kate ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 79958851274     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00223.x     Document Type: Editorial

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