Regulating medical bodies? the consequences of the 'modernisation' of the NHS and the disembodiment of clinical knowledge

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-348

  Nettleton, Sarah ^a   Burrows, Roger ^a   Watt, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctors; Embodiment; NHS; Regulation; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 42549099370     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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