In many developed countries over the past two decades, there have been new standards,
new monitoring systems, new course and fieldwork requirements for teacher candidates …

It is important to evaluate how residents, their significant others, and professional caregivers
experience life in a nursing home to improve quality of care based on their needs and …

In this collection we revisit the enduring phenomenon of uncertainty in health care, and
demonstrate how it still offers coherence and significance as an analytic concept. Through …

This article illustrates and discusses the idea of 'implicit normativity', and specifically its
relevance to the management of ethical uncertainty. In particular I consider (i) the role …

Relying on institutional theory, this article presents external stakeholders' perspectives on
the factors that influence audit committees' independence and reliability in a weak …

Background Chiropractic emerged in 1895 and was promoted as a viable health care
substitute in direct competition with the medical profession. This was an era when there was …

Organizational Development gives readers an understanding of organizational structures
and presents a new and easy-to-understand framework which describes the three …

Globally, the increased reliance on consultants and contract employees has raised many
concerns vis‐à‐vis more traditional “in‐house” provision. One such concern is the manner in …

From a review of secondary sources, this chapter briefly outlines the main critiques of the
use of external commercial advice through consultancy—adverse effects on democracy …

This study examines 14,900 disciplinary actions by the professional licensing boards for
attorneys, CPAs, and physicians in four states from 2008 through 2014. It was found that …