Insider knowledge and outsider objectivity – the benefits and risks of combined evaluator roles in a study of health care reform

Evaluation Journal of Australasia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 60-68

  Hurley, Catherine ^a   Van Eyk, Helen ^a   Baum, Fran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84878223322     PISSN: 1035719X     EISSN: 25159372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1035719X0200200215     Document Type: Article

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