The professionalization of general practitioners with a special interest: Rationalization, restratification and governmentality

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-267

  Pickard, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Boundaries; Foucault; Governmentality; Medicine; Professions; Restratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249184358     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508101164     Document Type: Article

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