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Doctoring medical governance : medical self-regulation in transition / John M. Chamberlain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamberlain, John Martyn, 1972-
- Series:
- Social issues, justice and status series.
- Social issues, justice and status series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Great Britain.
- Medicine.
- Physicians--Great Britain.
- Physicians.
- Professional socialization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is concerned with the sociological analysis of the professions and professional self-regulation. This is the view that professionals such as doctors should be left alone to manage their own affairs in regards to members training, practice and discipline.
- Contents:
- From ancient beginnings to the 1858 Medical Act
- From club governance to stakeholder regulation
- The sociological analysis of the principle of medical self-regulation
- The restratification thesis and challenges to medical autonomy in the UK
- Performance appraisal inside the medical club
- The governance of doctors under neo-liberal mentalities of rule.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61728-373-8
- OCLC:
- 923664460
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