Bristol, shipman, and clinical governance: Shewhart's forgotten lessons

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9254, 2001, Pages 463-467

  Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Cheng, K K ^a   Rouse, Andrew ^a   Marshall, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEWBORN DEATH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0035835465     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04019-8     Document Type: Article

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