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Cataract surgery--quantity and quality.
Editorials Cataract surgery—quantity and quality In this issue, we present the initial results from the second national survey of cataract surgery, which was a collabora-tive endeavour supported by the Department of Health, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the College of Optometrists, and the Royal College of Nursing. Great credit is due to the authors for what was clearly an enormous tas...
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Quality is a difficult concept to describe and there is no clear definition. People have different views of what quality means and describe it in different ways. Take the example of a trip by taxi. How would you describe the quality of the trip? Do you base your description on the politeness of the driver or the luxury of the vehicle? Or was it that you arrived at your destination safely? If yo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.8.889