Inside self-regulation: Peer review (visitatie) by Dutch medical specialists

Clinical Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 318-330

  Lombarts, M J M H Kiki ^a   Klazinga, N S Niek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doctors; Peer review; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0347407851     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270310499414     Document Type: Article

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