Institutionalising knowledge brokering as a sustainable knowledge translation solution in healthcare: How can it work in practice?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-351

  Chew, Sarah ^a   Armstrong, Natalie ^a   Martin, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Intermediaries; Knowledge brokers; Knowledge translation; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883785064     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426413X662734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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