Why is UK medicine no longer a self-regulating profession? The role of scandals involving " bad apple" doctors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1452-1459

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Yeung, Karen ^b   Bosk, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctors; Government; Medical profession; Principal agent relationships; Regulation; Scandal; Trust; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH WORKER; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANGER; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCANDAL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTRACT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 80955142592     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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