Broadening the focus of public service consumerism

Public Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-339

  Powell, Martin ^a   Greener, Ian ^b   Szmigin, Isabelle ^a   Doheny, Shane ^c   Mills, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Leicester Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Consumer; Public services; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952083821     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030903286615     Document Type: Article

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