HSCI 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Allied Health Professions, Licensed Practical Nurse, Health Human Resources
6 May 2015
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Hsci 305 lecture 5 delivery of health care: professions, power, payment, and provision. Health care professionals and health care workers: independence, power, and control. Health care divisions of labor and health human resources: stratification of carers, Wiki: a service which is provided by government to people living within its jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services. Main questions to consider are ability to: bill as a contractor vs. paid on salary, control rate and volume of remuneration, control work environment and processes. Development of independent professional colleges and regulatory bodies. Successfully lobbied for protective legislation to place limits on who would be officially allowed to practice medicine (bourgeault) Reserved titles: prescribes a title to be used exclusively by registrants of a college . Scope of practice and restricted acts: services which may be provided, including restricted acts which only a member of the college may provide.
