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Abstract
Professional Perspectives in Health Care covers a broad range of healthcare issues such as confidentiality, the patient as consumer and interprofessional working. It examines the latest developments and international perspectives on working in healthcare, and encourages a critical appreciation of current debates on the professional agenda.
CAROL WILKINSON is Principal Lecturer in Health Studies at the University of Lincoln, UK. She is co-author of Watson& Wilkinson: Nursing in Primary Care (Palgrave).
Professional Perspectives in Health Care covers a broad range of healthcare issues such as confidentiality, the patient as consumer and interprofessional working. It examines the latest developments and international perspectives on working in healthcare, and encourages a critical appreciation of current debates on the professional agenda.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Half-Title\r | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| List of Tables | ix | ||
| List of Figures | x | ||
| Acknowledgements | xi | ||
| Notes on the Contributors | xii | ||
| Introduction\r | xiv | ||
| PART I The Effect of Policy Intervention upon Professional Working Arrangements in Health Care | 1 | ||
| 1 Evidence-based Practice | 3 | ||
| 2 Patient Information and Society | 29 | ||
| 3 Clinical Governance | 45 | ||
| 4 Interprofessional Working | 61 | ||
| 5 A Professional Approach to Ethnic Diversity | 83 | ||
| 6 Building Research Capacity in Health Services | 95 | ||
| 7 Regulation of Herbal Medicine and Complementary Medicine | 114 | ||
| PART II Research Supporting Health Professionals | 135 | ||
| Introduction | 137 | ||
| 8 Studying Organizational Health Culture in a Hospital Setting: Some Reflections on the Process | 145 | ||
| 9 Integrating Herbal Medicine into the National Health Service: Perspectives of General Practitioners | 166 | ||
| 10 The Therapeutic Relationship in the Dental Setting | 205 | ||
| 11 Mentorship in Practice: Student Nurse Perspectives | 253 | ||
| Index | 302 |