The safety and quality of health care: From Council to Commission

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Smallwood, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE;

EID: 33646703375     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00359.x     Document Type: Article

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