Are new forms of professionalism emerging in medicine? the case of the implementation of NICE guidelines

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-409

  Spyridonidis, Dimitrios ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Entrepreneurialism; Multiple occupational identities; NICE guidelines; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857893342     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.4.394     Document Type: Review

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