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

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• MitwirkendeR: Body-Gendrot, Sophie,; Davies, Celia,; Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Gradener, Jeroen,; Haar, Marleen van der,; Hutschemaekers, Giel,; Knijn, Trudie,; Kremer, Monique,; Loopmans, Maarten,; Noordegraaf, Mirko,; Selten, Peter,; Spierts, Marcel,; Tiemens, Bea,; Tonkens, Evelien,; Trappenburg, Margo,; Uitermark, Justus,; Vogd, Werner,
• HerausgeberIn: Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Knijn, Trudie,; Kremer, Monique,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Care and Welfare Series ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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