Regulating Medical Work
Published on 16. November 1996
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-335-19405-6 (ISBN)
Description
Examines the formal and informal regulations of medical work in the health service. The text explores two major issues - firstly, the boundaries between state-sanctioned self regulation and other regulatory systems, secondly, the relationship between formal and informal controls.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Illustrations
bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19405-6 (9780335194056)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Systems of rules and their uses; watchdogs in the NHS; the role of the health service commissioner; the role of the general medical council; voluntary self-regulation; changes in the NHS; management - the new rules; the lay voice - patients and doctors; regulation and the medical negligence action; complaints and regulation; the expanding web of regulation.