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Keywords:

history [286]
law [66]
professionalization [6]
qualitative study [290]
regulation [45]
UK [121]

Abstract:

This investigation of health care professionalisation uses a case study method to further knowledge on the topic. The subject of the case study is osteopathy in the United Kingdom. Data analysis comprised a qualitative thematic approach, which was interpreted from a sociological perspective, focussing on the developments that were central to a professionalisation process. The primary event in the professionalisation of osteopathy in the United Kingdom was the Osteopaths Act 1993.