@inbook{8e510b15ef68463bbb4028ae9a806976,
title = "Changing directions in healthcare",
abstract = "Change has been an integral part of healthcare throughout history: from the barbersurgeons of medieval Europe to our current-day sterile operating theatres; from polio epidemics to polio eradication strategies; from simple x-rays to sensitive magnetic resonance imaging; from traditional birth attendants to specialised obstetric teams; and from paternalistic models of practice to shared decision making. Change continues to be a feature of healthcare, expanding in its impact and escalating in its pace.",
keywords = "Physical fitness, Medical personnel and patient, Communication in medicine, Medicine and psychology, Psychological aspects of medical care",
author = "Anne Croker and Jim Croker and Miriam Grotowski",
note = "Includes bibliographical references.",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789462097865",
series = "Practice, education, work and society",
publisher = "Sense Publishers",
pages = "27--36",
editor = "Narelle Patton and Joy Higgs and Croker, {Anne } and Diane Tasker and Jill Hummell",
booktitle = "Health practice relationships",
}
