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Governing humanity.

Stephen Wallace1

  • 1School of Health & Social Care, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth BH1 3LT, Dorset, UK. stephen.wallace@plymouth.ac.uk

The Journal of Medical Humanities
|December 7, 2007
PubMed
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Clinical governance in UK healthcare, while aiming for progress, may hide political influences. Analyzing historical contexts, like through Ibsen

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Social Sciences in Medicine
  • Literary Analysis

Background:

  • Clinical governance has dominated UK healthcare policy for a decade.
  • It is often perceived positively, aligning with humanistic and progressive goals.
  • This study critiques clinical governance as a potentially regressive force, masking underlying political drivers in healthcare delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the concept of clinical governance in the United Kingdom.
  • To argue that clinical governance may perpetuate a hypermodernist worldview, obscuring political influences.
  • To explore the utility of historical analysis in understanding contemporary healthcare delivery.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of clinical governance.

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  • Literary analysis of selected dramatic works by Henrik Ibsen.
  • Historical contextualization of healthcare delivery models.

    • Main Results:

    • Clinical governance, despite its aims, can function to conceal the political economy of healthcare.
    • Henrik Ibsen's dramatic texts offer a lens to analyze historical moments of clinical governance.
    • Such analysis reveals the intricate connections between personal, social, empirical, and ethical aspects of healthcare.

    Conclusions:

    • Resistance to clinical governance may be less effective than integrating historical perspectives.
    • Understanding the historical underpinnings of healthcare delivery is crucial for a comprehensive critique.
    • Literary analysis provides a valuable, albeit unconventional, method for exploring complex healthcare dynamics.