Total quality culture in radiotherapy departments across Ontario

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-93

  Mitera, Gunita ^a,c   Whitton, Anthony ^b   Gutierrez, Eric ^b   Robson, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change management; Organisational culture; Radiation therapy; Total quality culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY CULTURE; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 79954568863     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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