International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 4 Issue 1
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Quality Assurance Evaluation: The Need for Emphasis
Robert Gareth HillIt is proposed that two approaches to evaluation that are being used to evaluate a major quality assurance initiative in the field of mental health care should be incorporated…
Clinical Areas as Learning Environments for Student Nurses
Margaret CollingwoodIn January 1989 a working group, made up of college and service staff, was formed with the remit of devising a method of assessing the suitability of a clinical area for student…
Auditing Mental Health Units
Margaret Owens, Keith HurstEmbryonic work in the measurement of the quality of care in mental health units is presented. The main thrust of the article is an assessment of the relationship between patient…
Occupational Therapy ‐ An Emerging Profession in Health Care
Barbara PennThe findings of an Independent Commission of Inquiry into the activities, future demands and resources available to the profession of occupational therapy are addressed. Special…
Increasing Health Care Managers′ Sensitivity to AIDS
Ronald R. SimsA training method is presented that health care managers can use in confronting issues surrounding AIDS in the workforce by requiring the participants to develop an AIDS policy…
″Adding Life to Years″: Problems in Planning for Health Gain
Donald Evans, Martyn Evans, David GreavesHealth planners in Wales are developing the notion of “health gain” as the key to shaping health care provision in Wales over the coming decade. One of the twin components of…
ISSN:
0952-6862e-ISSN:
1758-6542ISSN-L:
0952-6862Online date, start – end:
1988Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar