Can directors of public health implement the new public health agenda in primary care? A case study of Primary Care Trusts in the North West of England

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-335

  Fotaki, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; England; Neo institutional theory; Public health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249325158     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307780713013     Document Type: Article

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