"Trust" and Professional Power

Towards a Social Theory of Self

Bibliographic Data

ID6190830
AuthorsJamie L Powell (0000-0002-9828-0877, University of Liverpool), Jason Powell (0000-0002-1199-8406, University of Liverpool), Tony Gilbert (University of Plymouth)
Year2007
Volume17
Issue2
Pages220-229
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/v10023-007-0019-4
OpenAlexW2078867887
LanguageEN
References cited23

Trust" and Professional Power: Towards a Social Theory of Self This paper sets out to delve into the relationship trust and professional authority in the context of health care. Understood in its micro-political terms and conceived as impacting on individualorganisational levels and the socio-political; this relationship stands at the interface of competingpressures working to produce the increasing complexity of social life. “Trust” is inextricably linked withuncertainty and complexity while professional authority rests on the specialist knowledge claimed bythe range of experts and technologists that inhabit the spaces through which social life is governed andcomplexity managed

Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology

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