New Zealand Mãori quality improvement in health care: Lessons from an ideal type

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-422

  Buetow, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ideal type; Lessons; M ori; National culture; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

CULTURE; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 5444266030     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh060     Document Type: Article

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