Clinicians, market players or bureaucrats?: Changing expectations of the general practitioner role in the English and Welsh NHS, 1991-2005

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-445

  Abbott, Stephen ^a   Procter, Sue ^a   Iacovou, Nicci ^b  

^a City University Institute of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; England; General practice; Organizational structures; Primary care; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449122802     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260810898679     Document Type: Article

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