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Rethinking professional governance: International directions in healthcare
Ellen Saks
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Description for 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. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Saks, Mike. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KJM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861349569
SKU
V9781861349569
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ellen Saks
Ellen Kuhlmann is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. Mike Saks is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Health and Community Studies at the University of Lincoln.
Reviews for Rethinking professional governance: International directions in healthcare
With a fresh approach to developments in the international context, Rethinking Professional Governance injects new energy into important debates. It will be of great interest to researchers, policy makers and health professionals. Dr Ellen Annandale, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, and Editor-in-Chief of Social Science and Medicine