McDonaldization or Commercial Re-stratification: Corporatization and the multimodal organisation of English doctors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-155

  Waring, Justin ^a   Bishop, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Commercialisation; Medical profession; Private healthcare; Restratification; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; COMMERCIALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE; COMMERCIAL RESTRATIFICATION; COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; JOB EXPERIENCE; MCDONALDIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STANDARDIZATION;

ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; STATE MEDICINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875268407     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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