The central argument in this paper is that “public trust” is critical for developing and
maintaining the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and societies. I argue that …

Background Waiting times for hospital appointments, treatment and/or surgery have become
a major political and health service problem, leading to national maximum waiting times and …

Public trust lacks a precise, theoretically grounded and empirically tested definition, despite
the increasing research interest and widespread use of the term in relation to different health …

Public services are increasingly operating through network governance, requiring those at
all levels of the system to build collaborations and adapt their practice. Agent-focused …

This chapter aims to develop an account of contemporary healthcare governance that
combines insights from the governance and governmentality literatures. It explores the …

The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the registered nurse in the management of
pro re nata (PRN) medication in a care home (nursing) for older people. Studying PRN …

Standards expected by doctors' regulatory bodies in respect of the process of consent to
treatment have arguably sought to restructure the nature of the doctor–patient relationship …

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 …

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 …

There is little research into the understanding, protection and recovery of public trust in
health care systems, considering the underlying importance of public trust, not only for the …