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Professionalism in medicine / Jill Thistlethwaite and John Spencer ; foreword by Sean Hilton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thistlethwaite, Jill.
Contributor:
Spencer, John.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical personnel--Professional ethics.
Medical personnel.
Physicians--Ethics.
Physicians.
Ethics.
Allied health personnel--Ethics.
Allied health personnel.
Health Occupations--Ethics.
Health Occupations.
Physical Description:
x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Radcliffe, [2008]
Summary:
This book examines medical professionalism, dissecting the concept into various components while providing both an evidence-based and personal approach. In recent years professionalism has come under intense scrutiny and stimulated wide-ranging and far-reaching debate. The big issues include teaching and learning professionalism, the assessment of professional behaviour at all levels of practice and the problem of what should happen when professionals are deemed to be acting 'unprofessionally'. Professionalism also encompasses self-care, lifelong learning, teamwork and interaction within a culturally diverse society. This book comprehensively examines all these aspects, to provide a thorough overview of this important and evolving field. It has significant implications for doctors' education and continuing professional development, and is vital reading for medical educators and everyone concerned with the future of the medical profession.
Contents:
2 Learning from history 17
3 The code of conduct: professionalism, law and ethics 36
4 Professional-patient relationships 52
5 Communication and its relationship with professionalism 69
6 Cultural diversity and competence 89
7 Professional knowledge and development: keeping up to date 102
8 Personal development and self-care 117
9 The nature of autonomy for the professional and the patient 134
10 Learning and teaching professionalism 156
11 Assessing professionalism 185
12 Professionalism and social justice: the next step? 210.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781857757637
1857757637
OCLC:
225819846

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