The role of the Institutional Review Board in quality improvement: A survey of quality officers, Institutional Review Board chairs, and journal editors

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 575-579

  Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Benjamin, Evan M ^a,b   Naglieri Prescod, Deborah ^a   Fitzgerald, Janice ^a   Pekow, Penelope ^a,c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036853205     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01250-0     Document Type: Article

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