High Performance Healthcare: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve Quality, Efficiency and Resilience
| Publication Language |
English |
|---|---|
| Publication Access Type |
Premium |
| Publisher |
McGraw Hill |
| Publication Year |
2009 |
| Publication Type |
Textbooks |
| ISBN/ISSN |
'9780071621762 |
| Publication Category |
McGraw Hill Access Medicine |
| Publication Subject |
Medical |
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