"Getting into hospitals in a big way": The corporate transformation of hospital care in Australia

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-310

  Barnett, J Ross ^a   Brown, Laurie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SERVICE SECTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646701953     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d363t     Document Type: Article

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