Nurses' perspectives on quality of nursing care: A qualitative study in Iran

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-328

  Tafreshi, Mansoureh Z ^a   Pazargadi, Mehrnoosh ^a   Saeedi, Zhila Abed ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health services; Iran; Nursing; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249677791     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710754389     Document Type: Article

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