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Quality in perspective.

J Packer
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Quality and accreditation have taken great strides in recent years. If you are one of the many who find the subject confusing then blame the relentless changes in concepts and terminology that swept into health care. To put this in perspective, I will look at where we have been, where we are, and where we are headed.

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J Packer. 1998. Quality in perspective.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10205382/

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