Doctors as managers: Moving towards general management? The case of unitary management reform in Norwegian hospitals

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-415

  Mo, Tone Opdahl ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Doctors; Health services; Managers; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249113209     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260810893980     Document Type: Article

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