The Delivery of Quality Health Care

Concise and authoritative, "The Delivery of Quality Health Care" explores the latest developments in the management of quality in nursing and health care. It addresses the evolution of quality in health care, different approaches to managing quality in practice, and the current issues and trends which will affect quality in the future. Features of this book include quality programmes in a variety of settings such as hospitals, the community, and long-term care facilities to illustrate the application of today's quality management principles to all areas of health care; specific methods for defining and measuring the quality of nursing care; discussions on the important issue of balancing cost constraints and quality goals; a consideration of the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration to help improve health care quality; and an exploration of the relationship between health care delivery method and quality.