A new mode of organizing in health care? Governmentality and managed networks in cancer services in England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-347

  Ferlie, Ewan ^a   Mcgivern, Gerry ^a   FitzGerald, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer services; Case studies; Foucault; Governance; Health care organizations; New public management; Orofessional dominance; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGY;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856144608     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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