Why do we keep on meeting like this? The board as ritual in health and social care

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-109

  Peck, Edward ^a   Perri, A ^a   Gulliver, Pauline ^b   Towell, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; GOVERNING BOARD; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH PLANNING COUNCILS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 2442665296     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148404323043127     Document Type: Article

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