Healthcare governance and organizational barriers to learning from mistakes

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 642-651

  Storey, John ^a   Buchanan, David ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Health services; Leadership; Trusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949111306     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260810916605     Document Type: Article

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