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Clinical governance in health care practice / Thoreya Swage.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003Copyright date: ©2004Edition: Second editionDescription: 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750656816
  • 9780750656818
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10680941 22
LOC classification:
  • RA399.G7 S93 2004
Contents:
1. Introduction - clinical governance and the wider quality agenda -- 2. Structure and accountability -- 3. Achieving change in clinical governance -- 4. Quality initiatives - the process of clinical effectiveness; Part 1: Research and development and guideline formation -- 5. Quality initiatives - the process of clinical effectiveness; Part 2: Getting the evidence into practice (evidence-based practice, care pathways and clinical audit) -- 6. Complaints and risk management -- 7. Support for clinical governance -- 8. The user perspective on the quality of care -- 9. Evidence-based management -- 10. Some legal and ethical principles -- App. 1. Clinical governance toolkit.
Review: "Clinical Governance in Health Care Practice, Second Edition, explains the concept of clinical governance and its application to the UK health care system. It takes a practical approach to clinical governance, using examples from different health care settings, and has a toolkit for readers to use to help with its implementation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 362.10680941 SWA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A289635B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction - clinical governance and the wider quality agenda -- 2. Structure and accountability -- 3. Achieving change in clinical governance -- 4. Quality initiatives - the process of clinical effectiveness; Part 1: Research and development and guideline formation -- 5. Quality initiatives - the process of clinical effectiveness; Part 2: Getting the evidence into practice (evidence-based practice, care pathways and clinical audit) -- 6. Complaints and risk management -- 7. Support for clinical governance -- 8. The user perspective on the quality of care -- 9. Evidence-based management -- 10. Some legal and ethical principles -- App. 1. Clinical governance toolkit.

"Clinical Governance in Health Care Practice, Second Edition, explains the concept of clinical governance and its application to the UK health care system. It takes a practical approach to clinical governance, using examples from different health care settings, and has a toolkit for readers to use to help with its implementation."--BOOK JACKET.

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