Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: The Regulation of Health Professions; Chapter 1 -- The Health Professions in International Perspective; Chapter 2 -- Regulatory Politics, Health Professionals, and the Public Interest; Chapter 3 -- Legal Aspects of the Regulation of the Health Professions; Chapter 4 -- Evaluating the Ethical and Legal Content of Professional Codes of Ethics; Chapter 5 -- Regulation and the Medical Profession; Chapter 6 -- Registering a Difference: Changes in the Regulation of Nursing; Chapter 7 -- Regulating Dentistry
Chapter 8 -- The Regulation of the Professions Allied to MedicineChapter 9 -- The Emergence of Clinical Psychology as a Profession; Chapter 10 -- Professionalization, Regulation and Alternative Medicine; Index
Summary
In recent years the health services in Great Britain have been subjected to unprecedented regulatory changes. After a review of the overall issues, including the impact of globalization, the text explores recent changes in regard to different healthcare professions
