Successfully implementing total quality management tools within healthcare: What are the key actions?

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 157-163

  Jackson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; Kaizen; Leadership; Planning; Success; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444460313     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860110392431     Document Type: Article

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