Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research-The challenges and opportunities

Operations Research for Health Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 86-89

  Pearson, M ^a   Monks, T ^a   Gibson, A ^a   Allen, M ^a   Komashie, A ^b   Fordyce, A ^c   Harris Golesworthy, F ^a   Pitt, M A ^a   Brailsford, S ^d   Stein, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitative modelling; Implementation; Modelling process; Patient and public involvement; Problem structuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888035816     PISSN: 22116923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orhc.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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