Have stethoscope, will travel: Contingent employment among physician health care providers in the United States

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 635-654

  Alonzo, Angelo A ^a,b   Simon, Arthur B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bad jobs; Contingent professionals; Gold collar; Locum tenens; Non standard employment; Temporary physician employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349147641     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008096740     Document Type: Article

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