Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 614-622 , August 2007

Consultants’ attitudes to clinical governance: Barriers and incentives to engagement

  • H. Hogan

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +442075809521.
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  • I. Basnett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • M. McKee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Received 18 April 2006 ,Revised 13 November 2006 ,Accepted 21 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.12.013

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