A critical realist analysis of institutional change in the field of US nursing homes

Making Public Services Management Critical

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 134-153

  Kitchener, Martin ^a   Leca, Bernard ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203872611     Document Type: Chapter

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