Using knowledge and evidence in health care : multidisciplinary perspectives

Champagne, François. (Added Author). Lemieux-Charles, Louise. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0802089321 (bound)
ISBN: 9780802089328 (bound)
ISBN: 9780802096364 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
vi, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : towards a broader understanding of the use of knowledge and evidence in health care / Francois Champagne, Louise Lemieux-Charles and Wendy McGuire -- 1. A knowledge utilization perspective on fine-tuning dissemination and contextualizing knowledge / Jean-Louis Denis, Pascale Lehoux and Francois Champagne -- 2. A sociological perspective on the transfer and utilization of social scientific knowledge for policy-making / Harley D. Dickinson -- 3. A political science perspective on evidence-based decision-making / John N. Lavis -- 4. An organizational science perspective on information, knowledge, evidence, and organizational decision-making / G. Ross Baker, Liane Ginsburg and Ann Langley -- 5. An innovation diffusion perspective on knowledge and evidence in health care / Louise Lemieux-Charles and Jan Barnsley -- 6. A program evaluation perspective on processes, practices, and decision-makers / Francois Champagne, Andre-Pierre Contandriopoulos and Anais Tanon -- 7. A cognitive science perspective on evidence-based decision-making in medicine / Lambert Farand and Jose Arocha --