Action research: An overview

Participatory Research in Palliative Care: Actions and Reflections

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hockley, Jo ^a   Froggatt, Katherine ^b   Heimerl, Katharina ^c  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cyclic process; Definition; Democratic; History of action research; Philosophical perspective; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921555817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199644155.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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