title: Research for health: background and immediate implications.
abstract: This article examines the history surrounding the development of research activity within the English National Health Service, leading to the most recently published Research for Health strategy in 1993. It specifically focuses on the 2 most dominant professional groups; the medical and nursing professions and subsequently examines the impact of the strategy upon them.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Care and Social Studies, University of Luton, Bedfordshire.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Twelvetree
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000266:history; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom