Clinicians and the governance of hospitals: A cross-cultural perspective on relations between profession and management

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 757-775

  Degeling, Pieter ^a   Zhang, Kai ^b   Coyle, Barbara ^a   Xu, Lingzhong ^c   Meng, Qingyue ^c   Qu, Jiangbin ^c   Hill, Michael ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Shandong Medical School   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; China; Commonwealth countries; Hospital reform; Management; Profession based subculture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33744809281     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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