Integration of robotic surgery into routine practice and impacts on communication, collaboration, and decision making: A realist process evaluation protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Randell, Rebecca ^a   Greenhalgh, Joanne ^a   Hindmarsh, Jon ^b   Dowding, Dawn ^c,d   Jayne, David ^a   Pearman, Alan ^a   Gardner, Peter ^a   Croft, Julie ^a   Kotze, Alwyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Process evaluation; Realist evaluation; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAPAROSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84900030121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-52     Document Type: Article

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