Resisting market-inspired reform in healthcare: The role of professional subcultures in medicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Martinussen, Pål Erling ^a   Magnussen, Jon ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Healthcare reform; Hospital; Management; Markets; Norway; Physicians; Professional subcultures in medicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; POLICY STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; MANAGEMENT STYLE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL SUBCULTURE;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

NORWAY;

EID: 79960255884     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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