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Front Cover -- Series information -- Support Workers and the Health Professions in International Perspective: The Invisible Providers of Health Care -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Notes on contributors -- Editors' overview -- One Introduction: Support workers and the health professions -- Introduction -- Contributions to the book -- Key overarching messages -- Conclusion -- References -- Two Health professionals, support workers and the precariat -- Introduction -- Health professionalisation, deprofessionalisation and proletarianisation -- Health support workers and the concept of the precariat -- Health support workers and the precariat in the UK -- Personal support workers and the precariat in Canada -- Conclusion: health support workers, precarity and future policy -- References -- Three Unpaid informal carers: The 'shadow' workforce in health care -- Introduction -- A portrait of unpaid, informal carers -- The challenging realities of caring -- Rising and more complex needs -- Carer costs and consequences -- Unpaid caring in decline -- The policy response: caring for caregivers -- Carer recognition -- Carer support and advocacy networks -- Financial support -- Work leave -- Respite -- Human rights protection -- Building and adapting social structures -- Conclusion -- References -- Four The management and leadership of support workers -- Introduction -- The New Public Management and professionalism in health and social care -- The rise of support workers in nursing -- Nursing professionalisation and support workers -- From the New Public Management to the New Public Governance -- Support workers, professionalism and responsibilisation -- Conclusion -- References -- Five Regulation, risk and health support work -- Introduction: health professionalisation, risk and the public interest.
摘要:Health care support workers (HSWs) play a fundamental role in international health care systems, and yet they remain largely invisible. Despite this, the number of HSWs is growing fast as governments strive to combat illness and address social care issues in a world of finite resources. This original collection analyses the global experience of HSWs in the UK, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Portugal, Sweden and The Netherlands. Leading academics examine issues including the interface of HSWs with the health professions, regulatory practice risks, employment challenges and the dilemmas of an ageing population. Crucial future policy recommendations are also made for a world becoming increasingly dependent on HSWs.
