General Principles of Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening

General Principles of Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening

ISBN 1 871997 65 8

The objective of this paper is to describe the principles on which quality assurance in breast cancer screening is based and the systems that have been set up to help people working in the programme to achieve their potential and provide a high quality service for women.

J A M Gray, National Development Team. Published March 1990.

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