Psychiatry's contract with society
Subtitle: concepts, controversies, and consequences
By: edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik, George Ikkos
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780199566778
Subjects: Psychiatry; Trends; Social aspects; Psychiatrists; Professional ethics; Psychiatric ethics; Standards
Description: "The development of the internet has brought about a seachange in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. No longer is the patient entirely at the mercy of their doctor to tell them about their problems. Via the internet they can now access vast repositories of information, about even the most obscure disorder - not all of it accurate, not all of it safe. This has changed society's attitudes to medicine generally, and certainly affected the way it views the field of psychiatry. The situation has hardly been helped by a series of well publicised scandals over the past 25 years. There are also issues regarding changing social attitudes to psychiatry, and the stigma of mental illness.  This book presents a timely appraisal of the status of psychiatry and its relationship with society in the second decade of this century. It brings together an international team of specialists who review critical issues such as training, professionalism, regulation, ethics, and economics. Together, it constitutes a far-reaching document that considers the status of psychiatry now, and how it should develop in the coming years.    A publication of great significance, this book will be of interest to all practising psychiatrists and mental health professionals, as well as policy makers, and those involved in patient groups"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Dinesh Bhugra; title: Psychiatry, professionalism and society: a note on past and present  -- George Ikkos; title: Professions, related occupations, and ethics  -- Robin Downie; title: What is expected of doctors?  -- Lord Victor Adebowale; title: Economics and society: efficiency, equity and choice  -- Paul Freddolino and Martin Knapp; title: Stakeholders' expectations of psychiatric professionalism  -- Dinesh Bhugra ... [et al.]; title: Training and professionalism  -- Greg Lydall and Amit Malik; title: Psychiatry's contract with society: what do clinical psychiatrists expect?  -- Daniel McQueen ... [et al.]; title: Teaching professionalism  -- Richard L. Cruess and Sylvia R. Cruess; title: Medicine's social contract with society: its nature, evolution and present state  -- Sylvia R. Cruess and Richard L. Cruess; title: The role of psychiatrists and their professional associations in the regulation and performance management of mental health services  -- Paul Lelliott; title: Professionalism, regulation, scrutiny and litigation  -- Carole Kaplan; title: Psychiatry's contract with society: a personal perspective from England  -- Hugh Griffiths; title: Psychiatry's contract with society: revalidation and professionalism  -- Laurence Mynors-Wallis; title: Professionalism and medicine: a managerial perspective  -- Naaz Coker; title: Changing professionalism  -- Edwin Borman; title: Psychiatric ethics and the 'new professionalism'  -- Michael Robertson and Garry Walter; title: Psychiatry's contract: where next? -- Dinesh Bhugra and Amit Malik.