International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Counterpoint:

Z. STERN

COUNTERPOINT: Can CQI Really Work in Health Care? For How Long?
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 1-2; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID R. NERENZ

COUNTERPOINT:CQI in Health Care: Some Comments on "Can it Really Work?"
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 3-4; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.3 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GEORGES MAGUEREZ

COUNTERPOINT:Integrating CQI in Health Organizations: Perspectives
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 5-6; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DONALD A. GOLDMANN

COUNTERPOINT:Sustaining CQI
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 7-9; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

CHARLES D. SHAW

Accreditation and ISO: International Convergence On Health Care Standards ISQua Position Paper — October 1996
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 11-13; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.11 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARIANNE LAOURI, RICHARD L. KRAVITZ, STEVEN J. BERNSTEIN, WILLIAM J. FRENCH, BARBARA LEAKE, STEVEN J. BOROWSKY, L. JULIAN HAYWOOD, and ROBERT H. BROOK

Under Use of Coronary Angiography: Application of a Clinical Method
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 15-22; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.15 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. J. MEIJER and D. J. B. VERMEIJ

A Comprehensive Model of Cooperation Between Caregivers Related to Quality of Care
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 23-33; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.23 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RONALD E. DOMEN, INDIRA D. GREWAL, NORA V. HIRSCHLER, and GERALD A. HOELTGE

An Evaluation of the Need for Shared Blood Donor Deferral Registries
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 35-41; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.35 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BARBRO OTTOSSON, INGALILL R. HALLBERG, KARIN AXELSSON, and LARS LOVÉN

Patients‘ Satisfaction with Surgical Care Impaired by Cuts in Expenditure and After Interventions to Improve Nursing Care at a Surgical Clinic
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 43-53; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.43 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PHILIP TOVEY

Autonomy and Practice: the Case of Complementary Practitioners in the UK
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 55-59; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.55 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituary:

JOÃO CATARIN MEZOMO
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 61; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.61 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Michael Shwartz

Book Reviews
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 63-65; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.63 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Meterko

Book Reviews
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 65-66; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.65 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naomi Fulop

Book Reviews
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 66-67; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.66 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Matters:

TECK PENLAND

A Model to Create "Organizational Readiness" for the Successful Implementation of Quality Management Systems
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 69-72; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.69 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstractos en Este Numero:

Abstracts en este Numero
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 73-77; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.73 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

ANNOUNCEMENT: ANNUAL MEETING of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT in HEALTHCARE
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 79; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.79 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANNOUNCEMENT: FOURTH ANNUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMIT
Int J Qual Health Care 1997 9: 80; doi:10.1093/intqhc/9.1.80 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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