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Science, consumerism and bureaucracy: New legitimations of medical professionalism
Stephen Harrison, Ruth McDonaldThis paper argues that the means by which the profession of medicine has to legitimise itself in the context of state‐provided health services is changing in a way that may be…
Multiple roles? Nurses as managers in the NHS
Sharon C. BoltonRecent government proposals seek to extend the role of nurses into management at a time of (yet another) cultural transformation for the British National Health Service (NHS)…
Management styles and professional identities among UK podiatrists
Paul D. BlakemanInterviews and observation of NHS state‐registered chiropody (podiatry) has been used to study the effects of NHS reforms on professional identity, which inevitably yielded…
Competition policy and intra‐professional conflict: re‐regulating general practice
Kathryn Dwan, Rosalie A. BoyceThis paper investigates a case whereby the historical monopoly of a medical college was challenged by internal dissenters and also by external pressure in the form of national…
Nurse professionalisation and traditional values in Poland and Greece
Mike DentThis paper examines the similarities and variations in the professional and work organisation of nursing in Greece and Poland. It evaluates the evidence of “convergence” as…
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0951-3558Online date, start – end:
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- Professor Rocco Palumbo