As stated in the Foreword to this worthy book, many of the qualities of clinical governance are difficult to assess and, although attitudes towards it are positive, its implementation requires much skill and commitment. The challenge for the editors of this book was to assemble a volume that engages, informs and is above all else practical and usable. The approach taken is appropriate and strai...

An essential component of clinical governance is clinical effectiveness, which is achieved through evidence-based practice. This has enormous implications for the way nurses work, and the qualitative approach often taken by nurse researchers can be difficult to incorporate into the new systems. Clinical governance should have benefits for patients and NHS staff alike. If the goals are to be ach...

As stated in the Foreword to this worthy book, many of the qualities of clinical governance are difficult to assess and, although attitudes towards it are positive, its implementation requires much skill and commitment. The challenge for the editors of this book was to assemble a volume that engages, informs and is above all else practical and usable. The approach taken is appropriate and strai...

Some people may be laughing when looking at you reading in your spare time. Some may be admired of you. And some may want be like you who have reading hobby. What about your own feel? Have you felt right? Reading is a need and a hobby at once. This condition is the on that will make you feel that you must read. If you know are looking for the book enPDFd getting to grips with clinical governanc...

Clinical registries will have an increasingly important role to play in health-care, with a number already established in cardiac surgery. This review covers the fundamentals of establishing and managing clinical registries, including legal and ethical frameworks along with intellectual property attribution. Also discussed are important issues relating to the processing of data, data extraction...

Some would argue that management and medicine, especially psychiatry, have a great deal in common. For a reasonable chance of success both require a high level of knowledge, skills in working with people and positive attitudes. Both also require knowledge and skills to be applied in complicated situations where there is no 'right' answer. Evidencebased practice is possible in management as well...

The managment of metastatic neuroblastoma brings out extremes of view in paediatric oncologists. There is black pessimism from those who feel that little if any progress has been made and question the value of more than gestural or palliative treatment. This is in contrast to the excessive zeal and optimism of others who enthusiastically publish premature reports of 'advances' in survival. Scre...

MINISTERS HAVE been warned that they must invest in nurse leadership if their plans to introduce clinical governance in the NHS are to succeed.

OBJECTIVE This study has been designed and conducted to develop domestic indicators for evaluating the performance of clinical governance in dimensions of risk management and clinical effectiveness. DESIGN This study implemented a 5-stage process including conducting a comprehensive literature review, expert panel (∼ 1000 h per person per session, 11 experts), semi-structured interviews, a 2-...