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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453680203321

Autore

Kuhlmann Dr Ellen

Titolo

Rethinking professional governance : International directions in healthcare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : The Policy Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4473-0325-3

1-281-88645-9

9786611886455

1-84742-340-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaksProf. Mike

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

Social sciences

Health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

14: Professionals in transition:physicians' careers, migration and gender in LithuaniaConclusion: Health policy and workforce dynamics: the future; Index.

7: Interprofessional relationships: doctors and nurses in Slovenia8: Educating generalists: flexibility and identity in auxiliary nursing in Finland; 9: Culture matters: integration of folk medicine into healthcare in Russia; 10: Policy dynamics: marginal groups in the healthcare division of labour in the Uk; 11: Free riders in a fluid system: gender traps in agency nursing in Norway; 12: From health to tourism: being mobile in the wellness sector in Hungary; 13: Migration and occupational integration: foreign health professionals in Portugal.

Rethinking professional governance; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Changing patterns of health professional governance; 1: Protecting patients: international trends in medical governance; 2: Global markets and national pathways of medical re-regulation; 3: Governing beyond markets and managerialism: professions as mediators; 4: Trust relations and changing professional governance:



theoretical challenges; 5: Professionalism meets entrepreneurialism and managerialism; 6: Collaborative care and professional boundaries: maternity care in Canada.

Sommario/riassunto

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.