Confronting the quality paradox: Towards new characterisations of 'quality' in contemporary healthcare

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Swinglehurst, Deborah ^a   Emmerich, Nathan ^b   Maybin, Jo ^c   Park, Sophie ^d   Quilligan, Sally ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c King's Fund   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84934906624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0851-y     Document Type: Review

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