Continuity of care': A critical interpretive synthesis of how the concept was elaborated by a national research programme

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 12, Issue APRIL - JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Heaton, Janet ^a,b   Corden, Anne ^a   Parker, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Critical interpretive synthesis; Meta ethnography; Partnerships; Qualitative synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883001824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.794     Document Type: Article

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