The impact of management of change projects on practice: A description of the contribution that one educational programme made to the quality of health care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 865-869

  Allan, Douglas ^a   Cornes, Desmond ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032042203     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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