The language of quality

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Loughlin, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criteria; Evaluation; Indoctrination; Language; Management; Philosophy; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NOMENCLATURE; PHILOSOPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030132711     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.1996.tb00033.x     Document Type: Review

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