The family practitioner family: The use of metaphor in understanding changes in primary health care organizations

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-300

  Warne, Tony ^b   Stark, Sheila ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

change; families; metaphor; process; structure; understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444451597     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423603pc164oa     Document Type: Article

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