Obstacles to the application of total quality management in health-care organizations

Total Quality Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Zabada, Charles ^a   Rivers, Patrick Asubonteng ^a   Munchus, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 1542629750     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954412989261     Document Type: Article

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