Activating Knowledge for Patient Safety Practices: A Canadian Academic-Policy Partnership

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-58

  Harrison, Margaret B ^a   Nicklin, Wendy ^b   Owen, Marie ^c   Godfrey, Christina ^a   Mcveety, Janice ^a   Angus, Val ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Accreditation Canada   (Canada)

^c Canadian Patient Safety Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence informed practice; Knowledge synthesis; Knowledge to action; Knowledge translation; Patient safety; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84856441491     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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