Activating the knowledge-to-action cycle for geriatric care in India

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Evans, Jenna M ^a   Kiran, Pretesh R ^b   Bhattacharyya, Onil K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 82455171784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-42     Document Type: Article

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