The importance and influence of professions in public life has grown increasingly over the twentieth century but the question of whether they subordinate their own self-interests to the public interest has yet to be adequately researched within a major sociological perspective. In Professions and the Public Interest Mike Saks develops a theoretical and methodological framework for assessing professional groups in Western society. The empirical applicability of this framework is demonstrated with particular reference to a novel case study of the response of the medical profession to...
The importance and influence of professions in public life has grown increasingly over the twentieth century but the question of whether they subordin...
The importance and influence of professions in public life has grown increasingly over the twentieth century but the question of whether they subordinate their own self-interests to the public interest has yet to be adequately researched within a major sociological perspective. In Professions and the Public Interest Mike Saks develops a theoretical and methodological framework for assessing professional groups in Western society. The empirical applicability of this framework is demonstrated with particular reference to a novel case study of the response of the medical profession to...
The importance and influence of professions in public life has grown increasingly over the twentieth century but the question of whether they subordin...
It has particular appeal for health-care professionals and managers with an interest in corporate and clinical governance' - British Journal of Perioperative Nursing
In recent years the health professions have been subject to unprecedented regulatory changes. Exposure of poor practice provoked widespread criticism of self-regulation and calls for a system in which the interests of health care consumers and employers are more fully recognized. Examining the historical and contemporary context, Regulating the Health Professions provides an in-depth analysis...
It has particular appeal for health-care professionals and managers with an interest in corporate and clinical governance' - British Journal of ...
This inspirational text will appeal to those both starting research projects and those wanting to understand how research can be used in everyday working practice. It brings together expertise from a wide range of areas and makes research easy and accessible. The practical workbook style is easy to use and shows the whole process from design to dissemination and application. Those working in primary healthcare teams and the new organisations supporting them will find it essential reading. Primary Care Research series is aimed at developing the knowledge, expertise and skills of all...
This inspirational text will appeal to those both starting research projects and those wanting to understand how research can be used in everyday work...
Explores the changing relationship between orthodox and alternative medicine in Britain and the United States. This book looks at the dilemmas posed for both medical orthodoxy and alternative medicine in the development of a more integrated health care system in Britain and the United States in the future.
Explores the changing relationship between orthodox and alternative medicine in Britain and the United States. This book looks at the dilemmas posed f...
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...
This original and innovative book opens up new perspectives in health policy debate, examining the emerging international trends in the governance of ...
This unique book enhances our understanding of the links between professions, the state and the market - and their implications for the public in terms of professional practice. In so doing, the book adopts a neo-Weberian perspective, in which professions are seen as a form of exclusionary social closure based on legal boundaries established by the state.
To illustrate the overarching theme, the book considers how healthcare in general, and medicine in particular as a form of professional work, is organized in public and private arenas in three societies with different...
This unique book enhances our understanding of the links between professions, the state and the market - and their implications for the public in t...
During the last few decades metaphors have increasingly been employed to aid academic understanding of both theory and society in the modern Western world. This growing interest in metaphors has been paralleled by an increased interest in professions as a social group, from university academics to doctors and social workers. Early positivist work saw the significance of creating privileged professional bodies as assurance that they use their expertise in the interests of clients and the broader public. More critical Marxist, Foucauldian and now dominant neo-Weberian analyses of...
During the last few decades metaphors have increasingly been employed to aid academic understanding of both theory and society in the modern Wester...
Bringing together leading academics worldwide, this collection compares and critically examines the ways in which different countries are regulating healthcare in general, and health professions in particular, in the interest of users and the wider public.
Bringing together leading academics worldwide, this collection compares and critically examines the ways in which different countries are regulating h...
