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Professionalism in Mental Healthcare: Experts, Expertise and Expectations
Edited By Dinesh Bhu
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Description for Professionalism in Mental Healthcare: Experts, Expertise and Expectations
paperback. Seeks to redefine the professional role of the mental health worker by bringing perspectives from leading professionals in different fields. Editor(s): Bhugra, Dinesh; Malik, Amit. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: MBD; MBPK; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 35.
In mental health, as in other medical disciplines, the role of the professional is changing. The availability of information, enhanced roles of other healthcare professionals and changes in training have altered the doctor-patient relationship and left professionals accountable to the needs of clients, politicians, policy makers and funding agencies. This book seeks to redefine the professional role of the specialist mental health worker by bringing perspectives from leading experts from both developed and developing countries, and also from a wide range of professionals in the field of law, medical ethics, education and medical leadership. Uniquely, it also looks at the ... Read more
In mental health, as in other medical disciplines, the role of the professional is changing. The availability of information, enhanced roles of other healthcare professionals and changes in training have altered the doctor-patient relationship and left professionals accountable to the needs of clients, politicians, policy makers and funding agencies. This book seeks to redefine the professional role of the specialist mental health worker by bringing perspectives from leading experts from both developed and developing countries, and also from a wide range of professionals in the field of law, medical ethics, education and medical leadership. Uniquely, it also looks at the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521131766
SKU
V9780521131766
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Ref
99-24
About Edited By Dinesh Bhu
Dinesh Bhugra is Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. Amit Malik is Consultant Psychiatrist, Older People's Mental Health, Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust, UK.
Reviews for Professionalism in Mental Healthcare: Experts, Expertise and Expectations
'Bhugra and Malik have brought together an interesting group of essays on recent changes in professionalism in psychiatry, well worthy of the attention of anyone interested in the stresses and strains affecting mental health workers.' Journal of Mental Health