Reconsidering clinical accountability. An examination of some dilemmas inherent in efforts to bolster clinician accountability

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-16

  Degeling, Pieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ctr Hosp Mgmt Info Syst Res   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Designing for accountability; Focus of accountability; Meanings of accountability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0034100361     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1751(200001/03)15:1<3::AID-HPM568>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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