HLSC 2P15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Medical Association, Formal System, Professional Code Of Quebec

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 2P15
• Professor: Dan Malleck

Document Summary

Esoteric means specific to a certain field or body of knowledge. Exclusive rights to aspects of the profession: doctors prescribe, diagnose, order treatments, pharmacists dispense medicine, some professionals permitted to use exclusive terminology, like. Who decides what a profession is? (cid:498)doctor(cid:499) (cid:498)professional legislation(cid:499) aka (cid:498)enabling legislation(cid:499) The process is called (cid:498)professional (cid:498)closure(cid:499: (cid:498)closing(cid:499) admission to the profession. The government decides who is a professional (on the most exclusive level: the professional licensing body determines entry requirements, sometimes these are more or less controlled by the profession. Professions different from other types of jobs. Some jobs have licensing requirements, but are not examined by a specific body of professionals: home inspectors, private detectives. A legislated profession is (cid:498)self-governing(cid:499: professional peers determine who gets in, professional peers create guidelines for education, and for qualifications, professional peers discipline. A legislated profession usually has several key elements: a licensing body.