A sociological perspective on rationing: Power, rhetoric and situated practices

The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 341-352

  Light, Donald W ^a,b   Hughes, David ^c  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907440938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315013015-41     Document Type: Chapter

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