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Health Workforce Governance: Improved Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients (Law, Ethics and Governance) - Hardcover

Short, Stephanie D.

 
9781409429210: Health Workforce Governance: Improved Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients (Law, Ethics and Governance)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1409429210 ISBN 13: 9781409429210
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

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. Of global relevance, it brings together concerns about access, quality and safety within the framework of the health workforce governance continuum and will be of interest to policy makers, regulators, health professionals, academics legal practitioners, insurers, students and researchers.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1409429210
ISBN 13 
9781409429210
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
McDonald Fiona