Sick hospitals-Is there a cure?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 251-252

  Ball, Carol ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748801540     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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