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Medical audit: basic principles and current methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson*
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Dr Michael Robinson, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, dealt with more general aspects and Dr Ann Gath, Registrar of the College and Chairman of the Medical Audit Working Party, with aspects of particular relevance to psychiatry.

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Audit in Practice
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 21 - 25
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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