Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand?

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 1-38

  Miller, Chris ^a   Ahmad, Yusuf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Health care; Partnering; Policy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992989950     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330010789151     Document Type: Article

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