Bridging the 'Know-Do Gap': A role for health information professionals?

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-334

  Booth, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Evidence based library and information practice; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge translation; Translation of research findings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RESEARCH;

EID: 80155147809     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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