Pragmatism and integrated knowledge translation: Exploring the compatabilities and tensions

Nursing Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 141-148

  Nowell, Lorelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Evidence; Knowledge translation; Nursing knowledge; Nursing research; Philosophy; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016328273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20541058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.30     Document Type: Article

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