The labour relations of public health care reform in New South Wales

Labour Relations and Health Reform: A Comparative Study of Five Jurisdictions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 162-197

  White, Nadine ^a,b   Bray, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016358590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230514621     Document Type: Chapter

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