Quality of care: A comparison of perceptions of health professionals in clinical areas in the United Kingdom and the United States

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-351

  McKenna, Hugh P ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^b,c   Currie, Lynne ^c,d   Harvey, Gill ^e   West, Elizabeth ^f   Richey, Roberta H ^b  

^a Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

^b School of Nursing   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Nursing Research and Innovation   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi; Instrument development; Nominal group technique; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748937728     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200610000-00012     Document Type: Review

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