Marjorie Wei
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjorie Wei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjorie |
| FAMILY NAME | Wei |
| SIGNATURE | WEI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8065-4108 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Diagnostic decision making
The changing nature of prescribing
This paper investigates the potential threat to medical dominance posed by the addition of pharmacists as prescribers in the UK. It explores the role of prescribing as an indicator of professional power, the legitimacy and status of new pharmacist prescribers and the forces influencing professional jurisdictional claims over the task of prescribing. It draws upon 23 interviews with pharmacist supplementary prescribers. Data suggest that the legit…
Challenges to Medicine
This paper examines recent developments in primary care prescribing as potential challenges to the dominance of medicine. These developments, as possible forces for the deprofes‐sionalisation and proletarianisation of medicine, were examined using unstructured interviews with five Family Health Service Authority (FHSA) medical advisors and 23 general practitioners (GPs). Three themes emerged from the data. First, GPs did not find the role of the …
The community pharmacy and discursive complexity
The present paper examines the developing role of the medicines counter assistant (MCA) based in community pharmacies in the UK. In recent years, community pharmacies have been promoted as sources of primary care advice, and this has been accompanied by an increase in the number of pharmacy-only medicines made available for purchase without prescription. At the forefront of these changes is the MCA, who responds to requests for medicines and also…
Challenges to Medicine
This paper examines recent developments in primary care prescribing as potential challenges to the dominance of medicine. These developments, as possible forces for the deprofes‐sionalisation and proletarianisation of medicine, were examined using unstructured interviews with five Family Health Service Authority (FHSA) medical advisors and 23 general practitioners (GPs). Three themes emerged from the data. First, GPs did not find the role of the …
The changing nature of prescribing
This paper investigates the potential threat to medical dominance posed by the addition of pharmacists as prescribers in the UK. It explores the role of prescribing as an indicator of professional power, the legitimacy and status of new pharmacist prescribers and the forces influencing professional jurisdictional claims over the task of prescribing. It draws upon 23 interviews with pharmacist supplementary prescribers. Data suggest that the legit…
Diagnostic decision making
The community pharmacy and discursive complexity
The present paper examines the developing role of the medicines counter assistant (MCA) based in community pharmacies in the UK. In recent years, community pharmacies have been promoted as sources of primary care advice, and this has been accompanied by an increase in the number of pharmacy-only medicines made available for purchase without prescription. At the forefront of these changes is the MCA, who responds to requests for medicines and also…
Challenges to Medicine
This paper examines recent developments in primary care prescribing as potential challenges to the dominance of medicine. These developments, as possible forces for the deprofes‐sionalisation and proletarianisation of medicine, were examined using unstructured interviews with five Family Health Service Authority (FHSA) medical advisors and 23 general practitioners (GPs). Three themes emerged from the data. First, GPs did not find the role of the …
The changing nature of prescribing
This paper investigates the potential threat to medical dominance posed by the addition of pharmacists as prescribers in the UK. It explores the role of prescribing as an indicator of professional power, the legitimacy and status of new pharmacist prescribers and the forces influencing professional jurisdictional claims over the task of prescribing. It draws upon 23 interviews with pharmacist supplementary prescribers. Data suggest that the legit…
Diagnostic decision making
The community pharmacy and discursive complexity
The present paper examines the developing role of the medicines counter assistant (MCA) based in community pharmacies in the UK. In recent years, community pharmacies have been promoted as sources of primary care advice, and this has been accompanied by an increase in the number of pharmacy-only medicines made available for purchase without prescription. At the forefront of these changes is the MCA, who responds to requests for medicines and also…
Medicine (4 works) · Innovations in Medical Education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Technology (2 works) · Medical prescription (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)