The Doctors' Tale - Professionalism and Public Trust

List of contents

What, why, who and how. Life in medicine. The medical tribe. Regulating the tribe, 1858-1970. Lost opportunities 1970-1980. Some spirits were willing but...1980-1990. Taking the initiative but losing the plot. Making progress, making waves. Leading from the front. Bristol. Achieving the change - the real story. Regular checks for doctors - revalidation is born. Revalidation - the first debates. The Shipman impact. A profession divided. Resolution. The doctor's tale: the next chapter.

Summary

Sir Donald Irvine asks what further changes have to be made to the culture and regulation of medicine to make it as trustworthy as the public today expects

Product details

• Authors: Donald Irvine, Irvine Donald
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2003
• EAN: 9781857759778
• ISBN: 978-1-85775-977-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 492 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; General practice, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, General Practice / Family Medicine, Doctors;Professionalism;Public;Trust;Donald;Irvine