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July 15, 2025Discuss and Debate - Advice or Advocacy – Varying Perceptions of Health Services and Policy Researcher Activities
The findings from our study can help health services and policy researchers and policy makers understand that some common activities in health services and policy research may be perceived as advocacy and reflect on where their own activities fall in the spectrum of advice to advocacy. Read about this study in the latest issue of Healthcare Policy.
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