Supervision: clinical development or management control?

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.