Visions of privatization: New Labour and the reconstruction of the NHS

The New Sociology of the Health Service

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-98

  Mohan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350714663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203879740     Document Type: Chapter

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