'Wading through treacle': Quality improvement lessons from the frontline

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Roueche, Alice ^a,b   Hewitt, Jocelyn ^c  

^a Medical and Dental Education Commissioning   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c London Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84857459173     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000545     Document Type: Review

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