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The sociology of the caring professions. - 2nd ed. / edited by Pamela Abbott and Liz Meerabeau. - xi, 275 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Professionals, Professionalization and the Caring Professions -- Health Visiting, Social Work, Nursing and Midwifery: a History -- Nursing: will the Idea of Vocation Survive? -- The Case in Social Work: Psychological Assessment and Social Regulation -- Project 2000 and the Nature of Nursing Knowledge -- Evidence-based Practice: a Dilemma for Health Visiting? -- Professionalization: Dilemmas for Midwifery -- The De-professionalization of Probation Officers -- Social Work and De-professionalization -- Conflict over the Grey Areas: District Nurses and Home Helps Providing Community Care -- Doctor-Nurse Relationships: Accomplishing the Skill Mix in Health Care -- Doing the Right Thing? Managerialism and Social Welfare -- Reflections -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13.

ISBN: 1841420166 (HB) 185728903X (PB)

LCCN: 99158790

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human services--Great Britain
Human services personnel--Great Britain
Professions--Sociological aspects.--Great Britain
Social service--Sociological aspects.--Great Britain

LC Class. No.: HV245. / S65 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 331.76136132