Trust matters in health care / Michael Calnan and Rosemary Rowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calnan, Michael.

Contributor:

Rowe, Rosemary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Great Britain--Psychological aspects.

Medical care.

Medical personnel and patient--Great Britain.

Medical personnel and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Has increasing patient self-management changed trust relations with health professionals, potentially requiring a more equal relationship based on mutual trust? This book provides a theoretical and policy analysis of the nature, salience and impact of trust on relations between patients, clinicians, and health service managers.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; HALF TITLE; STATE OF HEALTH SERIES; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 TRUST IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTHCARE; CHAPTER 2 TRUST IN THE NHS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 3 TRUST BETWEEN PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS; CHAPTER 4 TRUST BETWEEN CLINICIANS; CHAPTER 5 TRUST RELATIONS BETWEEN CLINICIANS, MANAGERS AND PATIENTS; CHAPTER 6 TRUST STILL MATTERS IN HEALTHCARE?; APPENDIX: CASE STUDY SELECTION AND METHODS; REFERENCES; INDEX; BACK COVER

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-95289-3

0-335-23638-3

OCLC:

476204900