The development of patient safety in turkey: Constraints and limitations

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-353

  Badir, Aysel ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nursing; Patient safety; Quality management; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; SAFETY; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 70349859911     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181a55872     Document Type: Article

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