Professional governance and public control: A comparison of healthcare in the United Kingdom and Germany

Current Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a,c   Allsop, Judith ^b   Saks, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germany; Healthcare; Professional governance; Professionalization; Public control; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650435119     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392109104352     Document Type: Article

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