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Survivor focus groups: a quality assurance technique

Abstract

The use of a total quality management frame work by the palliative care team (PCT) at the Chedoke-McMaster hospitals has led to a standardized method of obtaining feedback from some of the hospitals' customers. Every three months, a focus group is convened of randomly chosen significant others who were most involved in a nonprofessional caregiving role for the deceased patients. The participants are invited to discuss their perceptions of the …

Authors

Woodward CA; King B

Journal

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 229–234

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

July 1993

DOI

10.1177/026921639300700310

ISSN

0269-2163