Nurses' participation in audit: A regional study

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Cheater, Francine M ^a   Keane, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Multidisciplinary audit; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; TEAMWORK;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031916050     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.7.1.27     Document Type: Article

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