Protecting patients: international trends in medical governance
Protecting patients: international trends in medical governance
This chapter focuses on the comparative international arrangements for professional governance in medicine to protect patients, highlighting a general trend towards partnership governance. It considers theories of self-regulation and background factors that have led to a challenge to professional governance prior to examining the similarities and differences in reform strategies. The conclusion comments on the implications of change for medical and, by extension, health professionals.
Keywords: professional governance, medicine, partnership governance, self-regulation, health professionals
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