Time for a collective approach from medical specialists to clinical governance

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 499-501

  Scott, I ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0036401497     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00299.x     Document Type: Editorial

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