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.