Is it time to drop the 'knowledge translation' metaphor? A critical literature review

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 501-509

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   Sietsewieringa, S ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nederlands Huisarts Genootschap/Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84855601957     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110285     Document Type: Review

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