National Service Frameworks and UK general practitioners: Street-level bureaucrats at work?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 951-975

  Checkland, Kath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; National Service Frameworks; Street level bureaucrats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 5444255864     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9889.2004.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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