Managing complexity: Acknowledge the attraction patterns by supporting sensemaking and allowing the quality system to serve as the panoptic system

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 213-216

  Lindberg, Eva ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care; Modelling; Quality systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744446240     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860210437430     Document Type: Article

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