Making service improvement happen: The importance of social context

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-92

  McDermott, Aoife M ^a   Keating, Mary A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

climate; context; hospital; service improvement; social

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856182374     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886310388939     Document Type: Article

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