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The Persistence of Professional Boundaries in Healthcare: A Re-examination Using a Theory of Foundational Values

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In this chapter, we draw on a theory of ‘modest foundationalism’ (Little et al., 2011, 2012; Little, 2014) as a means of shedding fresh light on the persistence of strict boundaries between the medical profession and other occupations, including other healthcare occupations such as nursing and allied health.

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  1. Kathleen Montgomery
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  1. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

    Susanne Boch Waldorff  & Anne Reff Pedersen  & 

  2. University of Oxford, UK

    Louise Fitzgerald

  3. King’s College London, UK

    Ewan Ferlie

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Montgomery, K., Lipworth, W., Fitzgerald, L. (2015). The Persistence of Professional Boundaries in Healthcare: A Re-examination Using a Theory of Foundational Values. In: Waldorff, S.B., Pedersen, A.R., Fitzgerald, L., Ferlie, E. (eds) Managing Change. Organizational Behaviour in Health Care Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137518163_6

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