Psychiatry's contract with society: concepts, controversies, and consequences

The development of the internet has brought about a seachange in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. This book presents a timely appraisal of the status of psychiatry and its relationship with society. It brings together a team of specialists who review critical issues such as training, professionalism, regulation, ethics, and economics. INDICE: 1: Dinesh Bhugra: Introduction; 2: George Ikkos: Psychiatry, Professionalism and Society: a note on past and present; 3: Robin Downie: Professions, Related Occupations, and Ethics; 4: Lord Adebowale: What is Expected ofDoctors?; 5: Paul Freddolino and Martin Knapp: Economics and Society: efficiency, equity and choice; 6: Dinesh Bhugra, Susham Gupta, Genevieve Smyth, Martin Webber: Stakeholders' Expectations of Psychiatric Professionalism; 7: Greg Lydall and Amit Malik: Training and Professionalism; 8: Daniel McQueen, George Ikkos, Paul St John- Smith, Philip Kemp, Povl Munk-Jørgensen, and Albert Michael: What do Clinical Psychiatrists Expect?; 9: Richard Cruess and Sylvia Cruess: Teaching Professionalism; 10: Sylvia Cruess and Richard Cruess: Medicine's Social Contract with Society: Its nature, evolution and present state; 11: Paul Lelliott: The Role of Psychiatrists and their Professional Associations in the Regulation and Performance Management of Mental Health Services; 12: CaroleKaplan: Professionalism, Regulation, Scrutiny and Litigation; 13: Hugh Griffiths: Psychiatry's Contract with Society: a personal perspective from England; 14: Laurence Mynors-Wallis: Revalidation and Professionalism; 15: Naaz Coker: Professionalism and Medicine: a managerial perspective; 16: Edwin Borman: Changing Professionalism; 17: Garry Walter and Michael Robertson: Psychiatric Ethics and the 'New Professionalism'; 18: Dinesh Bhugra and Amit Malik: Psychiatry's Contract: where next?

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956677-8
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 04/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés