Williamson's ABNA revisited

Clinical Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-334

  Birnbaum, David ^a   Konieczna, Magda ^a   Ratner, Pamela ^b  

^a Applied Epidemiology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient care; Quality improvement; Quality management techniques

Indexed keywords

AGE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 33750283905     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270610708869     Document Type: Review

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