Mapping the landscape of knowledge synthesis

Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 30-39

  Mallidou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge synthesis; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906809169     PISSN: 13545760     EISSN: 20478976     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nm.21.5.30.e1242     Document Type: Article

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