Policy as narrative: New labour's reform of the National Health Service

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-385

  Morrell, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

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

EID: 33744484782     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00006.x     Document Type: Review

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