Health Workforce Governance

Professor Stephanie Short will discuss her research on health workforce governance and her new book, Health Workforce Governance: Improved Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients, Edited by Stephanie D. Short, The University of Sydney, Australia and Fiona McDonald, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

‘This book provides an illuminating account of the key issues facing healthcare workforce governance in the 21st century’
Prof. Short can also discuss the research programme of the Sociology of Health Research Committee 15 of the International Sociological Association, in advance of the deadline for potential sessions for the Yokohama Conference in July 2014 on Friday 15 March 2013.

Biography: Stephanie Short is a Professor in the Discipline of Behavioral & Social Sciences at the University of Sydney as well as Associate Dean (Postgraduate) of Learning and Teaching at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney. Her research interest is in health governance and public policy, both locally and internationally. She has published widely in health sociology and policy, including the 4th edition of Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian Analysis, as co-author. She is Convenor of HealthGov, a national research network which brings together researchers, health professionals and regulators to provide ideas and evidence to underpin good practice, safer practice and improved access to health care.

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