Reflections on quality health care

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Lang, Norma M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Codman Award; nursing; quality health care; quality initiatives

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; FACULTY, NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNIFIED MEDICAL LANGUAGE SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642303608     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200310000-00003     Document Type: Article

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