Low back pain: Barriers to effective clinical governance

Clinical Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-290

  Langworthy, Jennifer ^a   Clow, Wendy ^a   Breen, Alan ^a  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Clinical governance; Control; Medical practice; National Health Service; Production methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 28544436339     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270510629336     Document Type: Article

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