Policy, People, and the New Professional : : De-professionalisation and Re-professionalisation in Care and Welfare / / ed. by Jan Willem Duyvendak, Monique Kremer, Trudie Knijn.

In recent decades, social and political pressures have forced a reevaluation of the roles of health and welfare professionals throughout Europe. Policy, People, and the New Professional examines those changes and their consequences. The volume reveals how public dissatisfaction with caregivers, fina...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Care and Welfare Series ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (222 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Table of Contents --
1. Policy, People, and the New Professional --
PART I. POLICY --
2. The Rise of Contractualisation in Public Services --
3. Evidence-Based Policy --
4. Societal Neurosis in Health Care --
5. When Ideologies Bounce Back --
PART II. PEOPLE --
6. Safe Neighbourhoods --
7. When Diversity Matters --
8. From Residents to Neighbours --
9. Authority, Trust, Knowledge and the Public Good in Disarray --
PART III. PROFESSIONALS --
10. Heroes of Health Care? --
11. Tensions in Medical Work between Patients' Interests and Administrative and Organisational Constraints --
12. Empowerment of Social Services Professionals --
13. Professional Management of Professionals --
About the contributors --
References --
Index
Summary:In recent decades, social and political pressures have forced a reevaluation of the roles of health and welfare professionals throughout Europe. Policy, People, and the New Professional examines those changes and their consequences. The volume reveals how public dissatisfaction with caregivers, financial pressures from government agencies, and attempts to cope with Europe's increasingly multicultural population have led to changes in responsibilities and oversight for a wide range of practitioners. Though more changes are certain to come as Europe's population ages-Policy, People, and the New Professional provides an essential explanation of the road traveled so far.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789048504251
9783110700671
9783110606515
9783111023786
9783110662788
DOI:10.1515/9789048504251?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:Open Access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jan Willem Duyvendak, Monique Kremer, Trudie Knijn.