The technocratic wish: making sense and finding power in the "managed" medical marketplace

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 509-532

  Belkin, Gary S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANAGED CARE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANAGED COMPETITION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030908193     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-22-2-509     Document Type: Article

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