title: Informing policy making and management in healthcare: the place for synthesis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Southampton, Highfield, England. cjp@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Popay