Rapid aging is already one of the most significant trends of the 21st century, and this
demographic shift poses enormous challenges for society. There is a community-wide effort …

This paper is the initial Position Statement of Evidence Synthesis International, a new
partnership of organizations that produce, support and use evidence synthesis around the …

Background Better use of research evidence (one form of “knowledge”) in health systems
requires partnerships between researchers and those who contend with the real-world …

Objective To demonstrate that six common errors made in attempts to change behaviour
have prevented the implementation of the scientific evidence base derived from psychology …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 REALIST RESEARCH DOING Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded
SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

Background Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is maturing from its early focus on
epidemiology to embrace a wider range of disciplines and methodologies. At the heart of …

Evidence‐based health care (EBHC), previously evidence‐based medicine (EBM), is
considered by many to have modernized health care and brought it from an authority‐based …

Objectives To identify and thematically analyse how healthcare professionals (HCPs)
integrate patient values and preferences ('values integration') in primary care for adults with …

Objective In order to deliver good healthcare quality, it should explicitly be taken into
account what patients value in healthcare. This study reviews qualitative studies in which …