Nurses as agents of quality improvement

Hong Kong's Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 291-301

  Chan, Sophia ^a   Thompson, David R ^b   Wong, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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