Softly, softly, the way forward? A qualitative study of the first year of implementing clinical governance in primary care

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Sweeney, Grace M ^a   Sweeney, Kieran G ^a   Greco Michael, J ^a   Stead, Jonathan W ^a  

^a School of Postgraduate Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical governance; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986081897     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423602pc088oa     Document Type: Article

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