The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Amaral, André C K ^a   Shojania, Kaveh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77949882309     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8033     Document Type: Note

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