Between formal and enacted policy: Changing the contours of boundaries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1649-1660

  Mizrachi, Nissim ^a   Shuval, Judith T ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Biomedicine; Boundary work; Israel

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; TECHNIQUE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12344255871     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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