British Chiropractic Association members' attitudes towards the Chiropractic Reporting and Learning System: A qualitative study

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-69

  Gunn, Seona J ^a   Thiel, Haymo W ^a   Bolton, Jennifer E ^a  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Incident; Reporting; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349100206     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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