Motivation and values of hospital consultants in south-east England who work in the national health service and do private practice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1241-1250

  Humphrey, Charlotte ^a   Russell, Jill ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical autonomy; England; Private medicine; Professional self interest; Public sector values; Public private interface

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

CAREER CHOICE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL VALUES; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942517702     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.019     Document Type: Article

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