A study of thematic content in hospital mission statements: A question of values

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-314

  Williams, Jaime ^a   Smythe, William ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Malloy, David C ^a   Martin, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Mission statements; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 27844437630     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200510000-00004     Document Type: Article

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