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Professional Self-Regulation and the Public Interest in Canada
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The regulation of professional groups has often been justified as being in the public interest. In recent decades, policymakers in Anglo-American countries have questioned whether self-regulating professions have truly served the public interest, or whether they have merely acted in their own interests. This paper draws on legislative records and policy reports to explore meanings attached to professional self-regulation and the public interest in Canada by state actors over the past 150 years. The findings point to a shift in the definition of the public interest away from service quality and professional interests, towards efficiency, human rights, consumer choice, and in some contexts business interests. Changing views of the public interest contribute to regulatory change.
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Health professions in Canada are largely self-regulated, with governments delegating professional regulatory responsibility to a body governed mostly by members of the profession.
“Health professions are largely self-regulated, where governments delegate professional regulatory responsibility to a body governed mostly by members of a profession [1].”
From Nursing regulation in Canada: Insights from a scoping review (2025) · cites this paper as [1]
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- Authors
- Adams, T. L.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Adams, Tracey L.
- ORCID
- Adams, Tracey L.
- Venue
- Professions and Professionalism
- Published
- 2016-09-28
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1893-1049 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2505986692
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 9.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Professions and Professionalism (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Open Access Journals at Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslo Metropolitan University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Keywords
- professional self-regulation, public interest, professional regulation, regulatory change, state actors, service quality, efficiency, human rights, consumer choice, business interests
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