Quality in health care and ethical principles

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 562-571

  Huycke, LaRae ^a,c   All, Anita C ^b  

^a Community Care HMO ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical principles; Health care; Nursing care; Quality; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034265422     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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