Introducing quality assurance into long term care for elderly people: A difficult and worthwhile process?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Challiner, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING AUDIT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031231434     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.3.153     Document Type: Article

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