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The World Health Organisation and European Union: Occupational, Vocational and Health Initiatives and their Implications for Cooperation Amongst the Professions

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Abstract

There can be little doubt that the uncertainty which epitomises the world of work today as experienced by professionals is the direct result of the interaction of a wide variety of conflicting changes in economic conditions, social values, rapid information flows, technological changes and those associated with the socio-political scene. The origins of many of these changes lie in:

  • demand for better choice and better quality of service provision;

  • the demand for market share and jobs from evolving provider competition across geographic boundaries;

  • demands for equality;

  • demands for improved social and environmental conditions together with adequate rewards for the work undertaken.

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  1. Ashworth Centre, Ashworth Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Tony Thompson MA, BEd, RMN, RNMH, DN, CertEd, RNT (Director of Practice Development)

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  1. Tony Thompson MA, BEd, RMN, RNMH, DN, CertEd, RNT
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  1. Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

    John Øvretveit BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol, MHSM (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Nordic Quality Network) (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Nordic Quality Network)

  2. Ashworth Centre, Ashworth Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Tony Thompson MA, BEd, RMN, RNMH, DN, CertEd, RNT (Director of Practice Development) (Director of Practice Development)

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Thompson, T., Mathias, P. (1997). The World Health Organisation and European Union: Occupational, Vocational and Health Initiatives and their Implications for Cooperation Amongst the Professions. In: Øvretveit, J., Mathias, P., Thompson, T. (eds) Interprofessional Working for Health and Social Care. Community Health Care Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13873-9_11

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