Developing effective clinical audit

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 748-750

  Davies, Huw T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033202630     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.10.1221     Document Type: Article

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