Clinical governance: A review of key concepts in the literature

Clinical Governance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-77

  Travaglia, Joanne F ^a   Debono, Deborah ^a   Spigelman, Allan D ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Literature; Medical care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 79251641810     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777271111104592     Document Type: Article

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