Regulating health professional scopes of practice: comparing institutional arrangements and approaches in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK

• Main Authors: Kathleen Leslie (Author), Jean Moore (Author), Chris Robertson (Author), Douglas Bilton (Author), Kristine Hirschkorn (Author), Margaret H. Langelier (Author), Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Fundamentally, the goal of health professional regulatory regimes is to ensure the highest quality of care to the public. Part of that task is to control what health professionals do, or their scope of practice. Ideally, this involves the application of evidence-based professiona...