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Perspectives and problems on quality of nursing care: an overview of contributions from North America and recent developments in Europe
Author(s) -
Maanen Hanneke M. Th.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1979.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - nursing , quality (philosophy) , health care , nursing research , nursing care , medicine , psychology , political science , epistemology , philosophy , law
The author focuses on the quality of nursing care and discusses the major problems inherent in control of the quality of nursing care. The concept of quality is analysed and the approaches of health care professionals to the concept are discussed. An overview of the American contribution to the relevant research is presented together with ongoing developments in Europe.