An audit of the content and quality in briefs for Swedish healthcare spaces

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-211

  Elf, Marie ^a   Malmqvist, Inga ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Health services; Patient care; Project briefs; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011363772     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960910971478     Document Type: Article

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