The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Standards of Care

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Standards of Care is the first book to make standards of care practical, attainable and useable. It will be of practical use to a wide range of health care professionals in a variety of settings. The manual provides an audit package that can be adapted for use as part of a quality assurance programme. The manual defines over thirty clinical standards – identifying key targets of excellence in clinical care for a variety of health care professionals, and delineating the resources and professional practice necessary to achieve excellence. The manual describes the expected outcomes of such quality care from the perspective of both the health care professional, and patients and their families. With the increasing need for quality assurance systems, particularly systems to audit nursing and rehabilitative care, this book will prove essential reading. The book has contributions from experienced members of the multidisciplinary team from a variety of clinical specialties at The Royal Marsden Hospital

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