Learning about leadership from patient safety WalkRounds™

International Journal of Clinical Leadership

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Burnett, Susan ^a   Parand, Anam ^a   Benn, Jonathan ^a   Pinto, Anna ^a   Iskander, Sandra ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontline staff; Improvement programmes; Leadership; Patient safety; WalkRounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650959687     PISSN: 1757207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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