Making the case for personal professional monitoring in health care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Bolsin, Stephen ^a   Colson, Mark ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0037294570     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/15.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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