Knowledge to action? : evidence based health care in context /
Health services can and should be improved by applying research findings about best practice. Yet, in Knolwedge to Action?, the authors explore why it nevertheless proves notoriously difficult to implement change based on research evidence in the face of strong professional views and complex organiz...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Health services can and should be improved by applying research findings about best practice. Yet, in Knolwedge to Action?, the authors explore why it nevertheless proves notoriously difficult to implement change based on research evidence in the face of strong professional views and complex organizational structures. The book draws on a large body of evidence acquired in the course of nearly fifty in-depth case studies, following attempts to introduce evidence-based practice in the UK NHS over more than a decade. Using qualitative methods to study hospital and primary care settings, they are. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199259011 9780199259014 0199205108 9780199205103 9780191531767 0191531766 1280904348 9781280904349 |