Shifting concepts of autonomy in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority

Public Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-219

  Caulfield, Janice ^a   Liu, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Health care; Hospital authority; Integration; Statutory authority

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749411117     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-006-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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