quality in healthcare

Foundation doctors and quality improvement: frustrations from the frontline
Michael Grant, Zain Chaudhry, Marianne Jane Shawe-Taylor, James Lam

Postgraduate Medical Journal Nov 2019, postgradmedj-2019-137091; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137091
Head, heart or checklist? How self-reported decision-making strategies change according to speciality and grade: a cross-sectional survey of doctors
Oliver Pumphrey, Jack Grenville, Matthew Colquhoun, Barry Mullins, Patrick Earls, Simon Eaton, Stewart Cleeve

Postgraduate Medical Journal Mar 2019, 95 (1121) 148-154; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136184
Physician alert: the legal risks associated with ‘on-call’ duties in the USA
Zachary R Paterick, Nachiket J Patel, Timothy Edward Paterick

Postgraduate Medical Journal Jul 2018, 94 (1113) 411-414; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135847
Futility and appropriateness: challenging words, important concepts
D Robin Taylor, Calvin J Lightbody

Postgraduate Medical Journal Apr 2018, 94 (1110) 238-243; DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135581

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