The Civilizing process of trust: Developing quality mechanisms which are local, professional-led and thus legitimate

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-34

  Brown, Patrick R ^a   Calnan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Checking; Conditional trust; Governance; Moral obligation; NHS; Ownership

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; OWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 78751608997     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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