"Knights" or "Knaves"? Public policy, professional power, and reforming maternity services

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-22

  Reiger, Kerreen M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 78650117725     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.529218     Document Type: Article

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