Reciprocal peer review for quality improvement: An ethnographic case study of the Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1034-1041

  Aveling, Emma Louise ^a   Martin, Graham ^a   García, Senai Jiménez ^b   Martin, Lisa ^c   Herbert, Georgia ^a   Armstrong, Natalie ^a   Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Woolhouse, Ian ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^c Portland House   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LUNG CANCER; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TEAMWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84871936236     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000944     Document Type: Article

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