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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I The importance of context; 1 'All is not well with nursing': the Briggs Committee and a new statutory framework; 2 Legislation and its aftermath: making a reality of the Council, 1979-83; 3 Three Councils, 1983-98; PART II The agenda develops; 4 The reform of pre-registration education: hopes, fears and realities; 5 Upholding standards of professional conduct; 6 Standards of professional practice: PREPP and after; PART III Stakeholders and standards. |
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7 Holding the professions together8 Widening involvement in the work of regulation; 9 Professional self-regulation in question; 10 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Chairmen, Presidents and senior officers; Appendix 2: The work of registration; Appendix 3: Professional conduct: procedures, cases and statistics; Appendix 4: UKCC publications; Appendix 5: Notes on sources; Index. |
| Summary |
Interpreting Professional Self-Regulation analyses the contribution made by the UKCC to the development of the nursing profession in this country over the last 30 years. It details the key issues the council grappled with during this time and provides in-depth analyses of the complexity of these issues. There is a general consensus that the current view of nursing's regulatory body will culminate in a major shake up of the way the nursing profession is governed and in which the UKCC will be radically transformed. This publication of the history of the UKCC will mark the close of a v. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting -- History.
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United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting. |
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History. |
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Nurses -- Licenses -- Great Britain.
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Nurses -- Licenses. |
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Great Britain. |
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Nurses. |
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Nursing -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Nursing -- Law and legislation. |
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Nursing -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states. |
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Nursing -- Standards -- Great Britain.
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Nursing -- Standards. |
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Midwives -- Licenses -- Great Britain.
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Midwives -- Licenses. |
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Midwives. |
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Midwives -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Midwives -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Midwifery -- Standards -- Great Britain.
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Midwifery -- Standards. |
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Midwifery. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Davies, Celia, 1945-
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Print version: Beach, Abigail. Interpreting Professional Self-Regulation : A History of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415230339 |
| ISBN |
9781134581887 (electronic book) |
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1134581882 (electronic book) |
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