Inconsistency in health care professional work: Employment in independent sector treatment centres

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-331

  Bishop, Simon ^a   Waring, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Health care; Outsourcing; Partnership; Private sector organizations; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959619264     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111143554     Document Type: Article

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