Sense making of clinical governance at different levels in NHS hospital trusts

Clinical Governance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-112

  Som, Chandra ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; National health service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 74549115981     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270910952252     Document Type: Article

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