This paper sets out to examine the relationship between trust and professional power in the context of post‐Foucauldian social theory. Understood in its micro‐political terms and conceived as impacting on individual identity and agency at a number of levels: intrapersonal, interpersonal, organisational and macro levels.
This is a conceptual and theoretical approach.
The findings illustrate that the concept of “trust” and relationship to health services can be understood through a post‐Foucauldian lens.
This is a very theoretical paper with implications for epistemological development grounded in understanding “trust” and ethics of self.
This is an original paper on post‐Foucauldian analysis of trust and relationship to health policy and professional autonomy.
