Power in caring professions
By: Richard Hugman.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Medicine -- Practice -- Great Britain.; Medical personnel -- Great Britain.; Interpersonal relations.; Control (Psychology); Social service -- Great Britain.
Description: Explores aspects of social power in nursing, remedial therapies and social work, examining both their development and contemporary structures, and highlighting the issues of racism, gender and professional relationships with service users.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index.