Reaching the parts that other theories and methods can't reach: How and why a policy-as-discourse approach can inform health-related policy

Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-212

  Shaw, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health related policy; Language and interaction; Policy analysis; Policy as discourse; Primary care research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77649241932     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309353295     Document Type: Article

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