Commentary: Unintended consequences of governance

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7809, 2011, Pages

  Bridgewater, Ben ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL RISK;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859010100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2865     Document Type: Note

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