Beyond “two cultures”: Guidance for establishing effective researcher/health system partnerships

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-42

  Bowen, Sarah ^a   Botting, Ingrid ^b,c   Graham, Ian D ^a   Huebner, Lori Anne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health research funding; Integrated knowledge translation; Partnership research; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH;

CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 85002323656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.71     Document Type: Article

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