As health care has become of great importance to both individual citizens and to society, it
has become more important to understand medicine's relationship to the society it serves in …

The causes and effects of marketization of public services have been analysed extensively
in the literature, but there is relatively little research on how those policies impact on the …

This paper reports the results of a comparative survey in five nations: Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The survey finds a high level of …

While there have been numerous empirical and theoretical contributions in both the
accounting and management literatures examining independently the implications of …

Background While healthcare systems vary in their structure and available resources, it is
widely recognized that medical doctors play a key role in their adaptation and performance …

Although it is widely accepted that public policies are difficult to implement, most analyses of
policy failures are conceived of as predominantly rational processes. This article questions …

Transforming health care organizations to improve performance requires effective strategies
for engaging doctors and developing medical leadership. Most efforts in the US and UK to …

Primary care is the foundation of health care systems around the world. Physician autonomy
means that governments rely on a limited selection of levers to implement reforms in primary …

This paper examines the commercialization of an alternative youth subculture. Sociologists
have typically focused on the ways that authorities have attempted to repress and censor …

This article aims to assess the development of the English National Health Service (NHS)
over the period 1979–2005, against the original, and often repeated, core objectives of the …