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Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 147-152 , July 2009

Implementing a journal club in a palliative care setting: A link in the chain of evidence-based practice

  • Lera O’Connor, RN, BApp Sci, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Lancaster University, United Kingdom
    • Cabrini-Deakin Centre for Nursing Research & RN Cabrini Acute Palliative Care Unit, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Peter Bennett, RN, CritCareCert, BBus (Admin)

      Affiliations

    • Cabrini Acute Palliative Care Unit, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Anne Gardner, RN, CritCareCert, BA, MPH, PhD, MRCNA

      Affiliations

    • James Cook University & Townsville Health Service District, Townsville, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Mary T. Hawkins, BA (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Southern-Deakin Centre for Nursing Research, Deakin University and Southern Health, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • David Wellman, BA (Hons), MA

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland, Australia

Received 23 March 2007 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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