A qualitative assessment of a provincial quality improvementstrategy for pancreatic cancer surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-635

  Wright, Frances C ^a   Fitch, Margaret ^b   Coates, Angela J ^c   Simunovic, Marko ^c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; HUMANS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955744556     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1337-0     Document Type: Article

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