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Hale JP, Cohen DR, Robling MR, et al. Multi-disciplinary research can be more than parallel-disciplinary research: the case of GPs' use of magnetic resonance imaging. Fam Pract. 1999;16(3):301-4doi: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.301.
Hale, J. P., Cohen, D. R., Robling, M. R., Houston, H., Kinnersley, P., & Hourihan, M. D. (1999). Multi-disciplinary research can be more than parallel-disciplinary research: the case of GPs' use of magnetic resonance imaging. Family practice, 16(3), 301-4. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/16.3.301
Hale, J P, et al. "Multi-disciplinary research can be more than parallel-disciplinary research: the case of GPs' use of magnetic resonance imaging." Family practice vol. 16,3 (1999): 301-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/16.3.301
Hale JP, Cohen DR, Robling MR, Houston H, Kinnersley P, Hourihan MD. Multi-disciplinary research can be more than parallel-disciplinary research: the case of GPs' use of magnetic resonance imaging. Fam Pract. 1999 Jun;16(3):301-4. doi: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.301. PMID: 10439986.
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Fam Pract. 1999 Jun;16(3):301-4. doi: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.301.

Multi-disciplinary research can be more than parallel-disciplinary research: the case of GPs' use of magnetic resonance imaging.

Family practice

J P Hale, D R Cohen, M R Robling, H Houston, P Kinnersley, M D Hourihan

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  1. University of Glamorgan Business School, Treforest, Pontypridd, UK.

PMID: 10439986 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.301

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to show how in multi-disciplinary research data collected to meet the needs of one discipline can provide information of value to another.

METHODS: Using the critical incident technique, 25 GPs were interviewed about recent scans requested for patients with knee and lumbar spine complaints. Transcripts of the interviews were scrutinized from both a medical and an economic perspective.

RESULTS: Five key economic issues where further research is needed were identified.

CONCLUSIONS: The total value of the information provided by multi-disciplinary research may exceed the sum of the information collected to meet the requirements of the individual disciplines.

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