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Foreword; Editors' overview; 1. Introduction: professional health regulation in the public interest; Health care regulation: some global trends; The sociology of the professions: a cautionary tale; Tribunal reform, 'the economics of punishment' and the public interest; Chapter overview; Conclusion; 2. Health care governance, user involvement and medical regulation in Europe; Introduction; Medical regulation and governance; User involvement in Europe
User involvement, governance and medical regulationConclusion; 3. The informalisation of professional-patient interactions and the consequences for regulation in the United Kingdom; Introduction; Informalisation and functional democratisation; The implications of shifting dynamics for regulatory and policy understandings of good clinical practice; The implications of shifting dynamics for the regulation of good clinical practice; Clinical governance: measuring the intangibles?; From profession-based trust towards a more critical, interaction-won trust; Conclusion
4. The regulation of health care in Scandinavia: professionals, the public interest and trustIntroduction; The institutional structure of Scandinavian health care systems; Governance and formal responsibility for the provision of health services; Financing and payment schemes; The regulation of professionals; Patient involvement in the regulation of health organisations and professionals; Does regulation promote the public interest in Scandinavia?; Does the system provide a high level of trust between patients and health professionals?; Conclusion
5. Medical regulation for the public interest in the United KingdomIntroduction; History; Key recent events and issues; Conclusion; 6. Regulating the regulators: the rise of the United Kingdom Professional Standards Authority; Introduction; Why regulatory reform?; What is regulation and how has it changed?; Reforming professional regulation: an evolutionary process; The professional councils: activity, diversity and barriers to change; Regular checks on competence
revalidation and continuing professional development; Dealing with complaints; Continuing diversity and the case for reform
Conclusion7. Regulation and Russian medicine: whither medical professionalisation?; Introduction; Medical regulation in early modern times; The deprofessionalisation of medicine following the 1917 Russian Revolution; Medical regulation in the subsequent years of the Soviet Union; The reprofessionalisation of medicine in Russia in the post-Soviet era; Conclusion; 8. Patterns of medical oversight and regulation in Canada; Introduction; The methodology employed in the study; The results of the study; Patient-centred commitments; Physician-centred commitments; Conclusion
User involvement, governance and medical regulationConclusion; 3. The informalisation of professional-patient interactions and the consequences for regulation in the United Kingdom; Introduction; Informalisation and functional democratisation; The implications of shifting dynamics for regulatory and policy understandings of good clinical practice; The implications of shifting dynamics for the regulation of good clinical practice; Clinical governance: measuring the intangibles?; From profession-based trust towards a more critical, interaction-won trust; Conclusion
4. The regulation of health care in Scandinavia: professionals, the public interest and trustIntroduction; The institutional structure of Scandinavian health care systems; Governance and formal responsibility for the provision of health services; Financing and payment schemes; The regulation of professionals; Patient involvement in the regulation of health organisations and professionals; Does regulation promote the public interest in Scandinavia?; Does the system provide a high level of trust between patients and health professionals?; Conclusion
5. Medical regulation for the public interest in the United KingdomIntroduction; History; Key recent events and issues; Conclusion; 6. Regulating the regulators: the rise of the United Kingdom Professional Standards Authority; Introduction; Why regulatory reform?; What is regulation and how has it changed?; Reforming professional regulation: an evolutionary process; The professional councils: activity, diversity and barriers to change; Regular checks on competence
revalidation and continuing professional development; Dealing with complaints; Continuing diversity and the case for reform
Conclusion7. Regulation and Russian medicine: whither medical professionalisation?; Introduction; Medical regulation in early modern times; The deprofessionalisation of medicine following the 1917 Russian Revolution; Medical regulation in the subsequent years of the Soviet Union; The reprofessionalisation of medicine in Russia in the post-Soviet era; Conclusion; 8. Patterns of medical oversight and regulation in Canada; Introduction; The methodology employed in the study; The results of the study; Patient-centred commitments; Physician-centred commitments; Conclusion