International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 10 Issue 2
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
A clinical view of pathways of care in disease management
Brian W. EllisPathways of care define in detail the individual components of treatment for a group of patients. A well written pathway can give rise to consistent care of the highest quality…
GP referral letters to a community mental health team: an analysis of the quality and quantity of information
Frank R. BurbachPresents the results of a study which investigated whether the quality of information provided by GP referral letters to a community mental health team (CMHT) was sufficient to…
Disease management: from sand table exercise to local achievement
Nick BosanquetPresents an outline of a local pilot project on disease management in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, UK. Disease management has been a staff college exercise at a national level: the…
Reviewing the value of clinical audit: is now the time for a change?
Howard R. LesterMany different activities have been defined for the effective use of clinical audit. Proposes a method of linking the practice and outcome of audit with the Trust business people…
A critique of the concept of quality of life
Man Cheung ChungTaking a philosophical approach, ancient Greek philosophers and Christians began to investigate the concept of quality of life. Later, such philosophical pursuit was replaced by…
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0952-6862Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar