Hippocratic oaths and hypocritical practice: NPM and the public health system

Alison J Sheridan; Jane O'Sullivan

Hippocratic oaths and hypocritical practice: NPM and the public health system

Alison J Sheridan
, Jane O'Sullivan

School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper, we draw on two texts, the British television drama series, Bodies (2005-2006) and the Garling report of the Special Commission of Inquiry, Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals (Garling 2008b) to make visible the irreconcilable problems health professionals grapple with as they work within the healthcare systems that have uncritically embraced New Pubic Management (NPM). Our analyses of both texts demonstrate the outcomes of NPM are more consistent with hypocritical behaviour than the Hippocratic oath. In the manner recommended by Denhardt and Denhardt (2000), we conclude that it is time to reject the underlying assumptions of NPM in health systems and reinvigorate the notions of public service as the prevailing discourse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing
Editors	Nicholas Beaumont
Place of Publication	Canning Bridge, Australia
Publisher	Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd
Pages	1-12
ISBN (Print)	1863081577
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 1 Dec 2009 → 4 Dec 2009

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Conference	ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
City	Melbourne, Australia
Period	1/12/09 → 4/12/09

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Gender, Sexuality and Education

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Sheridan, AJ & O'Sullivan, J 2009, Hippocratic oaths and hypocritical practice: NPM and the public health system. in N Beaumont (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing. Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Canning Bridge, Australia, pp. 1-12, ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Melbourne, Australia, 1/12/09. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5206>

Hippocratic oaths and hypocritical practice: NPM and the public health system. / Sheridan, Alison J; O'Sullivan, Jane.
Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing. ed. / Nicholas Beaumont. Canning Bridge, Australia: Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 2009. p. 1-12.

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