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The cry for professional intimacy: A UK study of changes in the working lives of expert practitioners in health and education during the early 21st century

Birkbeck, Fiona; Townsend, Andrew; Winship, Gary

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Fiona Birkbeck

Andrew Townsend



Abstract

This paper reports on factors affecting the working lives of practitioners in health and education in the UK. The context is the increasing evidence of low recruitment, low retention rates and a high incidence of stress amongst expert practitioners in these two public institutions. Similar patterns of practitioner response indicate the systemic nature of the problems besetting these two public institutions. What emerges from the data is a cross-sector phenomenon identified here as a “cry for professional intimacy”, formed as these practitioners give voice to a strong desire to be allowed to refocus on the relational aspects of their work.

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Birkbeck, F., Townsend, A., & Winship, G. (2020). The cry for professional intimacy: A UK study of changes in the working lives of expert practitioners in health and education during the early 21st century. Cogent Education, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1798599

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 9, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 29, 2020
Publication Date Jul 29, 2020
Deposit Date Aug 5, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Cogent Education
Electronic ISSN 2331-186X
Publisher Taylor & Francis Open
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 1
Article Number 1798599
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1798599
Keywords public policy, health, education, practitioner stress, self-efficacy
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4812195
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1798599

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