Soft governance and attitudes to clinical quality in English general practice

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 132-138

  Sheaff, Rod ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^a,b   Campbell, Stephen ^a,b   Roland, Martin ^a,b   Marshall, Martin ^a,b   Pickard, Susan ^a   Gask, Linda ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a,b   Halliwell, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Health Services Research ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 3242780189     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1355819041403295     Document Type: Review

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