Solicited diaries as a means of involving patients in development of healthcare services

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-145

  Elg, Mattias ^a   Witell, Lars ^a   Poksinska, Bozena ^a   Engström, Jon ^a   mi Dahlgaard Park, su ^a   Kammerlind, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diaries; Health care; Knowledge transfer; Quality improvement; Sweden; Users' experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135938     PISSN: 1756669X     EISSN: 17566703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566691111146050     Document Type: Article

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