Doctors on the medical profession

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-497

  Lupton, Deborah ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deprofessionalisationconsumerism; Medical profession; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031533991     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.1997.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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