Clinical audit - process and outcome for improved clinical practice

Dental Update

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 710-714

  Buth, Shabana ^a   D'Cruz, Len ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; DENTAL AUDIT; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874412425     PISSN: 03055000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/denu.2012.39.10.710     Document Type: Article

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