Non-attendance for health care: When rational beliefs collide

Sociological Review

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 592-610

  Buetow, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34547497861     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2007.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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