Go the extra mile - Use the Delphi Technique

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 281-288

  Beech, B ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033187307     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1999.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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