How do trusts intend to measure progress in clinical governance?

Journal of Clinical Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Freeman, T ^a   Latham, L ^a   Walshe, K ^a   Wallace, L ^b   Spurgeon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Continuous quality improvement; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035043271     PISSN: 14675277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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