Quality assurance versus the organizational goal - an NHS perspective

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Collingwood, Margaret P ^a  

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Author keywords

Goals; National Health Service; Nurses; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159950     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604529610149185     Document Type: Article

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