Targets can seriously damage your health…

BMJ

Volumn 327, Issue 7416, 2003, Pages 680-

  Yoong, kevin K Y ^a   Heymann, Tim ^b  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85007686419     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7416.680     Document Type: Letter

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3. Gulland A. NHS staff cheat to hit government targets, MPs say. BMJ 2003; 327: 179. (26 July.)
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