The dialysis medical director's role in quality and safety

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-264

  Kliger, Alan S ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250022169     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2007.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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