Regaining trust in medicine: Professional and state strategies

Current Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Allsop, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complaints; Doctors; Health care quality; Incompetence; Medical regulation; Professional regulation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745606441     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392106065093     Document Type: Article

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