title: The philosophy of quality assurance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Towne
mesh_terms: D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D010380:Peer Review; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards