Power in Caring Professions

Download or read book Power in Caring Professions written by Richard Hugman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1991-08-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of power is central in the analysis of the development and contemporary structures of nursing, the remedial therapies and social work. Both the idea of caring and the concept of professionalism are integral to the problems of power. Using material from the UK and the USA, this book examines the growth of these professions, and asks a critical perspective of their present organisation, highlighting race, gender and relationships with service users as central to such an analysis.