E-health networks and social transformations: Expectations of centralization, experiences of decentralization

The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 293-318

  Katz, James E ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b   Acord, Sophia K ^c  

^a Rutgers University Medical School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84896163661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845421663.00026     Document Type: Chapter

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