'Never mind the quality, feel the width': The nonsense of 'quality', 'excellence', and 'audit' in education, health and research

Collegian

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Darbyshire, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit Culture; Audit Society; Managerialism; Quality; RQF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41549093700     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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