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Book Review: The Elusive Quest: Accountability in Hospitals. By Carolyn L. Wiener. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2000. 256 pages, paperback, ISBN: 0202306313

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Wellin, C. Book Review: The Elusive Quest: Accountability in Hospitals. By Carolyn L. Wiener. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2000. 256 pages, paperback, ISBN: 0202306313. Qualitative Sociology 26, 131–135 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021464306237

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