Transforming general practice: The redistribution of medical work in primary care

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-92

  Charles Jones, Huw ^a   Latimer, Joanna ^b   May, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorising patients; Patient centred care; Primary care; Professional identity; Redistributing work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038450165     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.t01-1-00325     Document Type: Article

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