An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care

by Avedis Donabedian

Book Overview

Avedis Donabedian's name is synonymous with quality of medical care. He unraveled the mystery behind the concept by defining it in clear operational terms and provided detailed blueprints for both its measurement(known as quality assessment) and its improvement(known as quality assurance). Many before him claimed that quality couldn't be defined in concrete objective terms. He demonstrated that quality is an attribte of a system which he called structure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195158091
• ISBN13: 9780195158090
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.5"