Television documentary in New Zealand and the construction of doctors by lower socio-economic groups

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Hodgetts, Darrin ^a   Chamberlain, Kerry ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Image of doctors; Media; New Zealand; Television

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0038336175     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00332-5     Document Type: Article

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