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An Introduction to Quality Assurance

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The earliest studies of quality assurance were probably undertaken by the Romans, who must have reported on the efficiency of their military hospitals. It is also possible that the monks gave an account of their work in caring for the sick. Probably the first documented evidence of the evaluation of nursing care dates back to the eighteenth century, when John Howard and Elizabeth Fry described the quality of patient care in the hospitals that they visited.

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Sale, D. (1996). An Introduction to Quality Assurance. In: Quality Assurance. Essentials of Nursing Management. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14197-5_1

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