Medicine and management in a comparative perspective: The case of Denmark and England

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 642-658

  Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a   Jespersen, Peter Kragh ^b   Dent, Mike ^c   Neogy, Indareth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Medicine; Path dependency; Professions; Re stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 68849114841     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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