Collective action for implementation: A realist evaluation of organisational collaboration in healthcare

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rycroft Malone, Jo ^a   Burton, Christopher R ^a   Wilkinson, Joyce ^b   Harvey, Gill ^c,d   McCormack, Brendan ^e   Baker, Richard ^f   Dopson, Sue ^g   Graham, Ian D ^h   Staniszewska, Sophie ⁱ   Thompson, Carl ^j   Ariss, Steven ^k   Melville Richards, Lucy ^a   Williams, Lynne ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Co production; Collaboration; Evidence; Implementation; Knowledge; Realist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84957888977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0380-z     Document Type: Article

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