W Edwards Deming: Father of quality management, patient and composer

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-312

  Best, M ^a   Neuhauser, D ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University ^*

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MUSIC; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSIC; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23644452619     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.015289     Document Type: Short Survey

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