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Paper

• Leadership and the quality of care (1 December, 2001)

  J Firth-Cozens, D Mowbray
• Safe high quality health care: investing in tomorrow's leaders (1 December, 2001)

  Liam J Donaldson
• New roles and responsibilities of NHS chief executives in relation to quality and clinical governance (1 December, 2001)

  Charlotte Sausman
• Diagnosing “vulnerable system syndrome”: an essential prerequisite to effective risk management (1 December, 2001)

  J T Reason, J Carthey, M R de Leval
• Cultures for improving patient safety through learning: the role of teamwork (1 December, 2001)

  J Firth-Cozens
• Are teamwork and professional autonomy compatible, and do they result in improved hospital care? (1 December, 2001)

  A M Rafferty, J Ball, L H Aiken
• Educational outcomes and leadership to meet the needs of modern health care (1 December, 2001)

  J Spencer, R Jordan
• Working and learning together: good quality care depends on it, but how can we achieve it? (1 December, 2001)

  K McPherson, L Headrick, F Moss
• Changing education to improve patient care (1 December, 2001)

  D C Leach
• Decision technologies and the independent professional: the future's challenge to learning and leadership (1 December, 2001)

  Jack Dowie
• Assessment of surgical competence (1 December, 2001)

  A Darzi, S Mackay
• Continuous quality improvement: educating towards a culture of clinical governance (1 December, 2001)

  S R Heard, G Schiller, M Aitken, C Fergie, L McCready Hall
• Nursing leadership: bringing caring back to the future (1 December, 2001)

  Alison Kitson