Dentistry is different: Practitioner perceptions of the business of dentistry

Clinician in Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-27

  Dancer, Joanna M ^a,b,d   Taylor, Christine A ^c  

^a BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Leadership Academy   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Practitioner perceptions; Primary dental care; Professional autonomy; The business of dentistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35348891617     PISSN: 09655751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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