Our reforms, our partnerships, same problems: The chronic case of the English NHS

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-82

  McMurray, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846615875     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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