"Role drift" to unlicensed assistants: Risks to quality and safety

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 410-411

  McKenna, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LICENSING; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10644266879     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.012757     Document Type: Editorial

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