Making health services management research critical: A review and a suggestion

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-119

  Learmonth, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical management studies; Emancipation; Health services management; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; IDEOLOGY; MANAGER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038450157     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00326     Document Type: Review

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