Professional sovereignty revisited: The network transformation of American medicine?

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 661-677

  Savage, Deborah A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544257331     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-661     Document Type: Review

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