Pragmatic trials and implementation science: grounds for divorce?

Abstract Background The paper opens with a brief history of two of the major intellectual components of the recent utilitarian turn in clinical research, namely ‘pragmatic trials’ and ‘implementation science’. The two schools of thought developed independently and the paper scrutinises their mutual...

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Main Author: Ray Pawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0814-9