Is there any ideal of 'high quality care' opposing 'low quality care'? A deconstructionist reading

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Adams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Deconstruction; High quality care; Low quality care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH QUALITY CARE; LINGUISTICS; LOW QUALITY CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33845404761     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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