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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825434803321

Titolo

Regulating the health professions / / edited by Judith Allsop and Mike Saks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 2002

ISBN

0-7619-6741-9

1-280-37028-9

9786610370283

1-4129-3129-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 166 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AllsopJudy <1938->

SaksMike

Disciplina

362.1/0941

Soggetti

Medical care - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Medical ethics - Great Britain

Medical policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Regulation of Health Professions -- Part I: Professional Regulation in Context -- Chapter 1 - The Health Professions in International Perspective -- Chapter 2 - Regulatory Politics, Health Professionals, and the Public Interest -- Chapter 3 - Legal Aspects of the Regulation of the Health Professions -- Chapter 4 - Evaluating the Ethical and Legal Content of Professional Codes of Ethics -- Part II: Professional Case Studies -- Chapter 5 - Regulation and the Medical Profession -- Chapter 6 - Registering a Difference: Changes in the Regulation of Nursing -- Chapter 7 - Regulating Dentistry -- Chapter 8 - The Regulation of the Professions Allied to Medicine -- Chapter 9 - The Emergence of Clinical Psychology as a Profession -- Chapter 10 - Professionalization, Regulation and Alternative Medicine -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the health services in Great Britain have been subjected to unprecedented regulatory changes. After a review of the overall issues, including the impact of globalization, the text explores recent



changes in regard to different healthcare professions.