On patients‘ interests and accountability: Reflecting on some dilemmas in social audit in primary health care

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 453-469

  Hill, Wan Ying ^a   Fraser, Ian ^a   Cotton, Philip ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345856647     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2000.0436     Document Type: Article

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