| Description |
xi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Michael Rawlins -- 1. Clinical governance: a quality concept / Liam Donaldson -- 2. Clinical governance in primary care / Tim van Zwanenberg and Christina Edwards -- 3. Clinical governance in action -- in a primary care trust / Linda van Zwanenberg and Debbie Freake -- 4. Clinical governance in actin -- in a practice / Will Tapsfield and Alice Southern -- 5. What are patients looking for? / Marianne Rigge -- 6. Evidence-based practice / Ian Watt -- 7. Disseminating and implementing evidence-based practice / Martin Eccles, Jeremy Grimshaw and Robbie Foy -- 8. Quality improvement processes / Richard Baker and Mayur Lakhani -- 9. Appropriate use of data: the example of indicators / Richard Thomson -- 10. Managing information / Alan Gillies and Beverley Ellis -- 11. Reducing risk and promoting safety in primary care / Tim Wilson and Stephen Rogers -- 12. Significant event auditing / Mike Pringle -- 13. Lessons from complaints / Arthur Bullough and Ruth Etchells -- 14. Tackling poor performance / George Taylor -- 15. Continuing professional development / Janet Grant -- 16. Developing leaders / Jamie Harrison -- 17. Developing teamwork / Pauline Pearson -- 18. Educating the coming generation / John Spencer -- 19. The end of certainty: professionalism revisited / Jamie Harrison and Robert Innes -- 20. Implementing clinical governance / Jamie Harrison and Tim van Zwanenberg |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Primary care (Medicine) -- Great Britain.
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Clinical competence -- Great Britain -- Management.
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Health services administration -- Great Britain.
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Quality Assurance, Health Care.
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Clinical Competence.
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Primary Health Care -- organization & administration.
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Evidence-Based Medicine.
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United Kingdom. |
| Author |
Van Zwanenberg, T. D.
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Harrison, Jamie, general practitioner.
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| ISBN |
1857758617 paperback |
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