Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical and autopsy pathology

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1469-1471

  Nakhleh, Raouf ^a,b   Coffin, Cheryl ^a,c   Cooper, Kumarasen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic pathology; Autopsy; Quality assurance; Quality improvement; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUTOPSY; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33750472347     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213303.13435.27     Document Type: Article

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