An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary
bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe
how health professionals and health researchers relate to their
patients. In this book, Mark Henaghan argues that the result of
this trend towards heightened regulation has been to undermine the
traditional dynamic of trust in health professionals and to
diminish reliance upon their professional judgement, whilst
simultaneously failing to trust patients to make decisions about
their own care.
This book examines the issue of health professionals and trust
comparatively in a number of countries including the USA, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The book draws upon historical
analysis of legislation, case law, disciplinary proceedings
reports, articles in medical and law journals and protocols
produced by management teams in hospitals, to illustrate the ways
in which there has been a discernable shift away from trust in
healthcare professionals. Henaghan argues that this erosion of
trust has the potential to dehumanise the unique relationship that
has traditionally existed between healthcare professionals and
their patients, thereby running the risk of turning healthcare into
a mechanistic enterprise controlled by a management processes'
rather than a humanistic relationship governed by trust and
judgement.
This book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of
medical law and medical sociology, public policy-makers and a range
of associated professionals, from health service managers to
medical science and clinical researchers.
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