What can ethnography do for quality and safety in health care?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 326-327

  Dixon Woods, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOSAFETY; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0142147176     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.5.326     Document Type: Note

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