Making Use of Clinical Audit
A Guide to Practice in the Health Professions
Open University Press
Published on 1. November 1995
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-335-19543-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text is based on a project sponsored by the Department of Health which was undertaken in collaboration with members of professional bodies representing clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. It explains to members of the health professions the nature of clinical audit and how they can use it in order to support them and the organization in which they work. The study is based on fieldwork and discussion in nine health units and with four of the health professions. The book is intended to present both the theoretical and policy backgrounds to clinical audit and to give guidance to those who wish to advance it.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
glossary, references
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19543-5 (9780335195435)
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Persons
Author
Nursing Research Unit, King's College London
Department of British Politics and Social History, University of Sorbonne, France
Department of Nursing Studies, King's College London
Department of Government, Brunel University
Nursing Research Unit, King's College London
Content
What is audit?; clinical audit and its relationships to other forms of quality assurances and knowledge generation; making a start on clinical audit - cycles and spirals; the nature of clinical audit and how far it has gone; the benefits and constraints on clinical audit; clinical audit and managing health systems; making audit a workable system.