Alliances in action: Opportunities and threats to solidarity between workers and service users in health and social care disputes

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-169

  McKeown, Mick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lliances; Mental health; Nursing; Service user movement; Strikes; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650218774     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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