The culture of 'culture' in National Health Service policy implementation

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 230-238

  Savage, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Flexibility; NHS policy; Post Fordism; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842815038     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2000.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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