Francis inquiry has let the government off the hook

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7905, 2013, Pages

  Hands, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b North Wales Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HONESTY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MALPRACTICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC FIGURE; RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; WITNESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; STATE MEDICINE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 84877633628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2320     Document Type: Note

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