Health improvement: Countervailing pillars of partnership and profession

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-217

  Pate, Judy ^a   Fischbacher, Moira ^a   Mackinnon, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integration; Partnership; Public health; Public policy; United Kingdom; Work identity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77952732667     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261011047354     Document Type: Article

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