From hospital contributory schemes to health cash plans: The mutual ideal in British health care after 1948

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-467

  Gorsky, Martin ^a   Mohan, John ^b,d   Willis, Tim ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Department for Work and Pensions ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22244489709     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004727940500886X     Document Type: Article

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