Towards a new paradigm of healthcare: Addressing challenges to professional identities through Community Operational Research

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1125-1133

  Walsh, Mike ^a   Kittler, Markus G ^a,b   Mahal, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boundary critique; Community Operational Research; Healthcare; OR in health services; Professional identity

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BOUNDARY CRITIQUE; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; OR IN HEALTH SERVICES; PATTERNS OF CARE; PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY; PUBLIC INTEREST; SCARCE RESOURCES; SYSTEMIC FAILURE;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85020846208     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.05.052     Document Type: Article

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