title: The power of purchase.
abstract: The fourth of six articles on challenges to nursing explores the importance of service commissioning.
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom