Quacks and clerks: Historical and contemporary perspectives on the structure and function of the british medical civil service

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-207

  Sheard, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chief Medical Officer; Department of Health; Government reviews; History; Medical civil service; NHS

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951186922     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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