Quality of equine veterinary care: Where can it go wrong? A conceptual framework for the quality of equine healthcare, based on court cases against equine practitioners in The Netherlands

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Loomans, J B A ^a   Van Weeren, P R ^a   Vaarkamp, H ^a   Stolk, P W Th ^a   Barneveld, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Client's expectations; Court cases; Equine veterinary care; Horse; Quality

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 40649108154     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/095777308X283740     Document Type: Article

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