Assessing quality in health care services: Lessons from mental health nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 758-764

  Shaw, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Mental health nursing; Outcome measures; Performance indicators; Quality assurance systems; Service quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031254028     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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