title: Supervision: clinical development or management control?
abstract: Traditionally, supervision among health professionals was a somewhat esoteric forum for a privileged few practitioners who would examine clinical case material in order to elicit and improve their therapeutic skills. Today's professional climate demands a supervisory process, beyond such a purist model, which examines virtually all areas of professional activity. This article does not argue for or against the retention of a purist model of clinical supervision but examines some of the hazards of an alternative framework.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burrow
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D013240:Stereotyping