Florence Nightingale: Nineteenth century apostle of quality

Journal of Management History

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-254

  Meyer, Brad C ^a   Bishop, Debra S ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Historical research; Quality management; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865597923     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340710754699     Document Type: Review

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