Quality of clinical case note entries: How good are we at achieving set standards?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 458-460

  Osborn, G D ^a   Pike, H ^a   Smith, M ^a   Winter, R ^a   Vaughan Williams, E ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Case notes; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 27844542139     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588405X60632     Document Type: Article

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