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Health Professions in Nigeria

An Interdisciplinary Analysis

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Abiodun Balogun

    1. College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, USA

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  • First authoritative source of information on the training and distribution of health professionals.

  • Examines evolutionary developments of the established and emerging health disciplines in the region

  • Offers a valuable new resource for undergraduate students in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy.

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. The Fundamentals of Health Professions

    • Joseph Abiodun Balogun
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Healthcare Professionals in Nigeria

    • Joseph Abiodun Balogun
    Pages 23-60

  4. Health Occupations (Vocational Careers) in Nigeria

    • Joseph Abiodun Balogun
    Pages 61-86

  5. Notable Pioneer Nigerian Health Care Professionals

    • Joseph Abiodun Balogun
    Pages 87-131

  6. Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team: A Panacea to Curtail Interprofessional Conflict and Industrial Action in Nigeria

    • Joseph Abiodun Balogun
    Pages 133-173

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 175-180
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About this book

This book provides a unique assessment of the Nigerian healthcare system's different professions. It begins by examining the fundamentals of health professions to contextualize the issues explored in the book in more detail. It goes on to present the hierarchy of occupations, professionalization, and the evolutionary path and socialization milestones that occupations attempting to attain true professions' status and power transcend. It also analyses the differences between professional autonomy, direct access, and independent practice. The latter parts identify Nigeria's primary healthcare professions and vocational careers and discuss their central roles, each discipline's specialty; including the biography of 35 notable pioneer Nigerian healthcare professionals during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The book concludes by analyzing the causes and adverse impacts of interprofessional conflict and industrial action within the Nigerian healthcare system and proposes the interdisciplinary team concept as a panacea for both conundrums.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, USA

    Joseph Abiodun Balogun

About the author

Joseph A. Balogun, FAS, is a Distinguished Professor and former Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University and an Emeritus Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria. His most recent book publication is Healthcare Education in Nigeria: Evolutions and Emerging Paradigms (2020).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Health Professions in Nigeria

  • Book Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

  • Authors: Joseph Abiodun Balogun

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3311-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3310-2Published: 19 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3311-9Published: 18 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Public Health, Health Care Management, Nursing

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