Stephanie D Short

Health Workforce Governance

Improved Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients
Herausgeber: Mcdonald, Fiona

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Produktbeschreibung

With increasing recognition of the international market in health professionals and the impact of globalism on regulation, the governance of the health workforce is moving towards greater public engagement and increased transparency. This book discusses the challenges posed by these processes such as improved access to health services and how structures can be reformed so that good practice is upheld and quality of service and patient safety are ensured. With contributions from regulators, academics, lawyers and health professionals, this book presents arguments from multiple perspectives and is of global relevance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781409429210
• ISBN-10: 1409429210
• Artikelnr.: 45339158

Autorenporträt

Stephanie D. Short is the Professor of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. She leads the health governance program within the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, a joint initiative of the United Nations University, Griffith University and the QUT Faculty of Law in association with the Australian National University and convenes HealthGov, a division of the Australian Research Council Governance Research Network. Prof. Short is Executive Director of the Governing Council of the International Consortium for Governance Research on the Health Workforce. Fiona McDonald is a Senior Lecturer in Queensland University of Technology's Law Faculty. Her research focuses on health system governance and has four broad themes: professionals; institutions; research; and patient safety.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction; 1: The Health Workforce Governance Continuum: Improved
Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients; 2: Improved Access; 2:
Major Issues in the Global Mobility of Health Professionals; 3: Building an
Ethical and Sustainable Model for Health Professional Recruitment; 4: The
Global Health Workforce `Crisis' and Inequities in Health Care Access:
Advancing a Gender and Organisations Approach to Policy, Research and
Practice; 5: Good Doctors, Safer Patients, Improved Access: the Case of
Indonesia; 3: Good Regulatory Practice; 6: Challenging the Regulatory
Trinity: Global Trends in Health Professional Regulation; 7:
Interprofessionalism and Collaborative Self-regulation in the Health
Professions: Two Variations on an Emerging Canadian Theme; 8: Saving Polly:
Can Professional Self-regulation Play an Ongoing Role in the Delivery of
Medical Care?; 9: A National Scheme for Health Practitioner Registration
and Accreditation: the Case of Australia; 10: Governance Challenges for
Primary Health Care; 4: Safer Patients; 11: Regulating the Health
Professions: Protecting Professionals or Protecting Patients?; 12:
Scandals, Public Inquiries and Health Professional Regulation; 13: The
Perfect Storm: a Case of Wrong-sided Surgery