The construction of the identity of a professional group is the subjective dimension of its professionalization process, understood as a process of affi rmation, autonomy construction and social recognition(1-2). Because it is founded on relationships, of recognition or non-recognition, identity is a concept that is related to communication, but it is translated into objective dimensions of the...

In a recent editorial in this journal Pierre-Gerlier Forest foretells a coming revolution in health policy based on the synthesis of four conceptual innovations and one technological breakthrough. As much as I agree with the intellectual story told in this editorial I present a more skeptical view of the effect of paradigm shifts on healthcare systems on the ground. I argue that ideas triumph w...

The doctrine of informed consent, as opposed to medical paternalism, is intended to facilitate patient autonomy by allowing patient participation in the medical decision-making process. However, regrettably, the surgical informed consent (SIC) process is invariably underestimated and reduced to a documentary procedure to protect physicians from legal liability. Moreover, residents are rarely tr...

Professional autonomy continues to be an issue of major concern for practicing audiologists. Members of the Educational Audiology Association completed a written survey covering the amount of independence and authority they experience when employed in an educational setting. Four areas were explored: scope of practice; referral procedures; assessment and management activities; and employment co...

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between of nursing students' gender perceptions on their autonomy and professional attitudes.
 Methods: is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. reserach performed with 215 students studying in program university eastern Turkey 25 April May 2018. The data were collected Personal Information Form, Inventory Professional Atti...

Background & aim: Midwives, as a part of the healthcare team, have a remarkable role in providing health to families and societies. Midwives have a prominent role in the family physician program (FPP); therefore, the lack of proper attention to their challenges results in a decline in their efficiency and quality of care. Therefore, this study was performed to explore the midwives’ perceptions ...

over the past 25 years, autonomy has been a popular focus for discussion and increasingly influential in foreign language educa- tion. most research is concentrated on learner autonomy, while teacher autonomy has been seriously neglected. recently, however, researchers and experts have realized that to enhance learner autonomy, we must enhance teacher autonomy (e.g., benson 2000; little 1995; l...

This article traces the way autonomy has become a recognised value in health care in France. In a country that based its social fundamentals on the very idea of solidarity for many years, autonomy has long been considered a foreign 'Anglo-American principle'. Taking the example of the end-of-life debate, the article shows, however, how the use of the French term 'accompagnement' allowed autonom...

Primary care reforms that are perceived by family physicians as threats to professional autonomy and the traditional role of community-based family medicine can lead to reduced satisfaction and perceived value, and can make recruitment and retention difficult.1,2 Over the past 8 years, Canadian family physicians have experienced many changes to their practice landscape. • Government cutbacks to...

‘E-medicine’, i.e. the possibilities for patients to have access to medical information and medical consultation at Internet raises new ethical issues. In this paper e-medicine is discussed in terms of how it will affect the patient-doctor-relation, patient autonomy and the moral and professional responsibility of doctors.