Impact of hospital and community provider based clinical audit programmes: Perceptions of doctors, nurses and other health professionals

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-535

  Lord, Joanne ^a   Littlejohns, Peter ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING AUDIT; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030332779     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.6.527     Document Type: Article

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