Knowledge brokers or relationship brokers? The role of an embedded knowledge mobilisation team

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 278-292

  Wye, Lesley ^a   Cramer, Helen ^a   Carey, Jude ^b   Anthwal, Rachel ^b   Rooney, James ^c   Robinson, Rebecca ^b   Beckett, Kate ^d   Farr, Michelle ^e   May, Andrée le ^f   Baxter, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bristol Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c Central and West Commissioning Support Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e CLAHRC West   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embedded; Evidence based policy; Knowledge broker; Knowledge mobilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058352790     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426417X15123845516148     Document Type: Article

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