Knowledge translation in health care: A concept analysis

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  khoddam, Homeira ^a,i   Mehrdad, Neda ^b   Peyrovi, Hamid ^c   Kitson, Alison L ^d,g,h   Schultz, Timothy J ^d,j   Athlin, Asa Muntlin ^e,f  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Centres for Evidence Based Practice South Australia   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Concept analysis; Healthcare system; Knowledge translation; Walker and Avant

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011660126     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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