This article explores whether this extension of treatment and medication possibilities, owing
to greater transnational movement of goods and people, presents increasing challenges for …

We conceptualize trust relationships between consumers and healthcare providers. Drawing
on empirical findings from our study of the care-seeking behaviour patterns of consumers in …

Changing ideals of citizenship over the past decades have influenced the theory and
practice of professionalism in numerous ways. Demands for citizen involvement and …

This paper, based on data taken from in-depth interviews with senior midwives and
obstetricians and conducted as part of a critical ethnographic study, argues for a greater …

This article is a reflection on a new (but ancient) definition of medicine, which considers
doctors and patients alike from their complex human experiences. It explores the doctor …

Distinctive humanistic values are foundational in professional nursing practice, commonly
shared by members of the profession and the mainstay of how nurses act. The foundational …

A substantial amount of research evidence has been gathered regarding the pathologies of
accountability, but less attention has been paid to the reasons why such pathologies occur …

Risk categorisation provides a routine and necessary contribution to the way people make
sense of and impute predictability in a complex human world of which their knowledge is …

This article introduces the concept of socio-connective trust, the synapse between the social
structures and processes that underpin relationships in supportive care networks. Data from …

Political stakes are high on the front line of public services. Professionals working in sectors
such as education, health and social care function as the interface between the public and …