Market reforms in English primary medical care: Medicine, habitus and the public sphere

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 659-672

  McDonald, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitus; Markets; Medicine; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 68749100079     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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