GPs and contracts: Bringing general practice into primary care

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-131

  Glendinning, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracts; General practitioner; Managerial accountability; National Health Service; Primary care; Professional autonomy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032800837     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00138     Document Type: Article

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