Quality among a diversity of health care providers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-3

  Cooper, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EDITORIAL; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LICENSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PODIATRIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745951860     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00437.x     Document Type: Editorial

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