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Real-life research — bridging the gap between research and practice
Author(s)	Tessa Trappes-Lomax, Annie Ellis
Journal title	Journal of Integrated Care, vol 11, issue 4, August 2003
Pages	pp 17-27
Keywords	Rehabilitation ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Research ; Coordination ; Devon.
Annotation	Research partnerships between "thinkers" and "doers" are now thought likely to deliver more useful and usable knowledge for health and social care. So far, there is little guidance about making these academic/operational links work on the ground. The authors have used their own experiences of this approach, together with evidence from existing literature, to explore such partnerships. Their article draws on the "Buying Time" Study, a 3-year comparative study of residential rehabilitation for older people discharged from hospital, based at the University of Exeter. Whilst such partnerships are good in principle, it is difficult in practice to balance the twin demands of operational relevance and academic rigour. Such links may need rather different and better resourcing if they are to work properly. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030829205 A
Classmark	LM: QK6: 3A: QAJ: 8DE
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