Rethinking professional governance - International directions in healthcare (Hardcover)

This original and innovative book opens up new perspectives in health policy debate, examining the emerging international trends in the governance of health professions and the significance of national contexts for the changing health workforce. In bringing together research from a wide range of continental European countries as well as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, the contributors highlight different arenas of governance, as well as the various players involved in the policy process. They expand the public debate on professional governance - hitherto mainly limited to medical self-regulation - to encompass a broad span of health care providers, from nurses and midwives to alternative therapists and health support workers. The book provides new data and geopolitical perspectives in the debate over how to govern health care. It helps to better understand both the enabling conditions for, and the barriers to, making professionals more accountable to the interests of a changing public. This book will be a valuable resource for students at an undergraduate and postgraduate level, particularly for health programmes, sociology of professions and comparative health policy, but also for academics, researchers and managers working in health care.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Ellen Kuhlmann • Mike Saks
Dimensions:	240 x 172 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-86134-956-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	1-86134-956-4
Barcode:	9781861349569

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