Medical acceptance of quality assurance in health care: The French experience

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2663-2665

  Giraud Roufast, Alexandra ^a   Chabot, Jean Michel ^b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME;

EID: 57449116325     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.805     Document Type: Note

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