title: "Emerging unwanted side effects of quality control, or the value of the immeasurable qualities of medical care".
abstract: The author reviews briefly the sociocultural aspects of the quality control movements and how they relate to the medical profession. The "ethos" of the neurosurgical practice and the way to harmonize the new paradigms of modern medicine and the need to define parameters to evaluate quality are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lobo-Antunes
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000639:trends*; D011174:Portugal; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards; D012308:Risk Management / Q000639:trends