Introduction: Consumerism in health care

Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-10

  Henderson, Saras ^a   Petersen, Alan ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85139674636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203482162-1     Document Type: Chapter

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