Management of major trauma: Changes required for improvement

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-85

  Dyas, J ^a   Ayres, P ^b,c   Airey, M ^a   Connelly, J ^a  

^a NUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*

Author keywords

Change management; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0033043718     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.8.2.78     Document Type: Article

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