Knowledge mobilisation in healthcare: A critical review of health sector and generic management literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1297-1304

  Ferlie, Ewan ^a   Crilly, Tessa ^b   Jashapara, Ashok ^c   Peckham, Anna ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Crystal Blue Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Consultant Librarian ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical perspective; Epistemology; Inductive method; Knowledge management; Knowledge mobilisation; Literature review; Organisations; Resource based view; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PHILOSOPHY; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858615700     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.042     Document Type: Review

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