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Comment
. 2006 Jan;1(2):43-8.

Informing policy making and management in healthcare: the place for synthesis

Catherine Pope  1 , Nicholas Mays, Jennie Popay
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Comment

Informing policy making and management in healthcare: the place for synthesis

Catherine Pope et al. Healthc Policy. 2006 Jan.

Abstract
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Research synthesis has an important role supporting the transfer of knowledge between researchers and healthcare decision-makers. But if our goal is to make knowledge more useable and context specific, then extending the scope of systematic reviews or producing syntheses with policy makers and managers may be insufficient. Dialogues, partnerships and reinterpretations of evidence in context will help us achieve this goal.

La synthèse de recherche a un important rôle de soutien à jouer dans le transfert des connaissances entre les chercheurs et les décideurs du domaine des soins de santé. Toutefois, si nous voulons rendre les connaissances plus utilisables et plus spécifiques au contexte, l’élargissement de la portée des examens systématiques ou la production de synthèses en collaboration avec les décideurs et les gestionnaires peuvent ne pas suffire. Les dialogues, les partenariats et la réinterprétation des preuves en contexte nous aideront à atteindre ce but.

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