An exploratory study of knowledge brokering in hospital settings: Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning for patient safety?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-86

  Waring, Justin ^a   Currie, Graeme ^b   Crompton, Amanda ^a   Bishop, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Knowledge brokering; Knowledge sharing; Organisational learning; Patient safety; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BROKER; KNOWLEDGE BROKERING; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; MANAGER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ETHNOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE BROKERING; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; UK;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84890227466     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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