Differentiating clinical governance, clinical management and clinical practice

Clinical Governance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-131

  Brennan, Niamh M ^a   Flynn, Maureen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Definitions; Governance; Management; Management roles; Practice; Roles and responsibilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84875930746     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: 17586038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777271311317909     Document Type: Article

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