The Sociology of the Caring Professions

Herausgeber: Pamela Abbott University of Teesside Li

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of professions. It covers social work, probation, nursing, midwifery and health visiting and looks at key topics such as control and legal relationships, the relationship of gender and care, and the 'new managerialism'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781857289039
• ISBN-10: 185728903X
• Artikelnr.: 21893634

Autorenporträt

Pamela Abbott is Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Teesside. Liz Meera beau is Head of the School of Health at the University of Greenwich.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1 Professionals, Professionalization and the Caring Professions /Pamela Abbott and Liz Meerabeau
Chapter 2 Health Visiting, Social Work, Nursing and Midwifery: a History /Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace
Chapter 3 Nursing: will the Idea of Vocation Survive? /Lesley Mackay
Chapter 4 The Case in Social Work: Psychological Assessment and Social Regulation /David McCallum
Chapter 5 Project 2000 and the Nature of Nursing Knowledge /Liz Meerabeau
Chapter 6 Evidence
based Practice: a Dilemma for Health Visiting? /Kate Robinson
Chapter 7 Professionalization: Dilemmas for Midwifery /Mavis Kirkham
Chapter 8 The De
professionalization of Probation Officers /Tim May and Jill Annison
Chapter 9 Social Work and De
professionalization /Richard Hugman
Chapter 10 Conflict over the Grey Areas: District Nurses and Home Helps Providing Community Care /Pamela Abbott
Chapter 11 Doctor
Nurse Relationships: Accomplishing the Skill Mix in Health Care /Davina Allen
Chapter 12 Doing the Right Thing? Managerialism and Social Welfare /John Clarke
Chapter 13 Reflections /Liz Meerabeau and Pamela Abbott
Index.