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Conclusion Health policy and workforce dynamics: the future
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Ellen Kuhlmann
Abstract
This chapter pulls together the various threads of the collection by considering the future of health policy and workforce dynamics in rethinking professional governance in the international context. It begins by discussing the significance of the nation state as a navigator and the demand for institutional regulation across the various health professional groups, and how this is connected to new forms of professionalism. Then, it traces the translation of new forms of governance into professional development and the reconfiguration of boundaries, highlighting opportunities as well as new risks. It also considers the dynamics of de-regulation and the demands for re-regulation with regard to a mobile workforce, including different challenges, such as the gendered flexibilisation of work arrangements and migration tracks.
Abstract
This chapter pulls together the various threads of the collection by considering the future of health policy and workforce dynamics in rethinking professional governance in the international context. It begins by discussing the significance of the nation state as a navigator and the demand for institutional regulation across the various health professional groups, and how this is connected to new forms of professionalism. Then, it traces the translation of new forms of governance into professional development and the reconfiguration of boundaries, highlighting opportunities as well as new risks. It also considers the dynamics of de-regulation and the demands for re-regulation with regard to a mobile workforce, including different challenges, such as the gendered flexibilisation of work arrangements and migration tracks.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Changing patterns of health professional governance 1
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New directions in the governance of healthcare
- Protecting patients: international trends in medical governance 15
- Global markets and national pathways of medical re-regulation 29
- Governing beyond markets and managerialism: professions as mediators 45
- Trust relations and changing professional governance: theoretical challenges 61
- Professionalism meets entrepreneurialism and managerialism 77
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Drivers and barriers to integration: health policies and professional development
- Collaborative care and professional boundaries: maternity care in Canada 95
- Interprofessional relationships: doctors and nurses in Slovenia 111
- Educating generalists: flexibility and identity in auxiliary nursing in Finland 127
- Culture matters: integration of folk medicine into healthcare in Russia 141
- Policy dynamics: marginal groups in the healthcare division of labour in the UK 155
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Workforce dynamics: gender, migration and mobility
- Free riders in a fluid system: gender traps in agency nursing in Norway 173
- From health to tourism: being mobile in the wellness sector in Hungary 187
- Migration and occupational integration: foreign health professionals in Portugal 201
- Professionals in transition: physicians’ careers, migration and gender in Lithuania 217
- Health policy and workforce dynamics: the future 231
- Index 245
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Changing patterns of health professional governance 1
-
New directions in the governance of healthcare
- Protecting patients: international trends in medical governance 15
- Global markets and national pathways of medical re-regulation 29
- Governing beyond markets and managerialism: professions as mediators 45
- Trust relations and changing professional governance: theoretical challenges 61
- Professionalism meets entrepreneurialism and managerialism 77
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Drivers and barriers to integration: health policies and professional development
- Collaborative care and professional boundaries: maternity care in Canada 95
- Interprofessional relationships: doctors and nurses in Slovenia 111
- Educating generalists: flexibility and identity in auxiliary nursing in Finland 127
- Culture matters: integration of folk medicine into healthcare in Russia 141
- Policy dynamics: marginal groups in the healthcare division of labour in the UK 155
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Workforce dynamics: gender, migration and mobility
- Free riders in a fluid system: gender traps in agency nursing in Norway 173
- From health to tourism: being mobile in the wellness sector in Hungary 187
- Migration and occupational integration: foreign health professionals in Portugal 201
- Professionals in transition: physicians’ careers, migration and gender in Lithuania 217
- Health policy and workforce dynamics: the future 231
- Index 245
