New Zealand's independent practitioner associations: A working model of clinical governance in primary care?

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7221, 1999, Pages 1340-1342

  Malcolm, Laurence ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b  

^a Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

^b Social Policy Branch   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033589777     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7221.1340     Document Type: Article

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