The role of governmentality in the establishment, maintenance and demise of professional jurisdictions: The case of geriatric medicine

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1072-1086

  Pickard, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geriatric medicine; Governmentality; Old age; Professionalisation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 78149231951     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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