Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 367-370 , September 2009

The role of clinical audit in clinical governance

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2009.06.011

Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 367-370 , September 2009