A qualitative study of health service reform on nurses' working lives: Learning from the UK National Health Service (NHS)

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1134-1142

  Doherty, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare reform; Nursing; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 67649108916     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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