The political economy of medical underemployment in Mexico: Corporatism, economic crisis and reform

Frenk, Julio

doi:10.1016/0168-8510(90)90007-z

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“…A negative image of immigrant physidans from the former Soviet Union serves the need of the Israel medical profession to re-assert its elitism in the face of a real threat to its status. In a society that has managed in the past to employ a large number of physicians and to control the dysfunctional effects of ongoing oversupply, the excessive surplus now poses a growing threat to Israeli doctors in competition for patients and facing the erosion of professional status (Abel-Smith 1987, Bankowski and Fulop 1987, Frenk 1990. Meija 1987.…”

Section: Elitism and Oversupply: Three Mechanisms Of {Vofes^onal Controlmentioning

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Elitism and professional control in a saturated market: immigrant physicians in Israel

Shuval¹

1995

Sociology Health & Illness

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Using Israel as a case study, the paper considers the social mechanisms by means of which the medical profession seeks to maintain its boundaries and control in a social context characterised by the recent arrival of twelve thousand immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union. This situation poses a threat to the veteran medical profession which is described as combining elitist and proletarian elements in an uneasy balance. In the past the principal mode of resolution with regard to this duality has taken the form of demonstrative assertions of the elitist component. With the large influx of immigrant doctors, three mechanisms geared to maintain control have been utilised: (I) the formal licensing examination for general practice; (2) full control of employment options in the health care system and (3) a widespread negative stereotype regarding the level of immigrant physicians' professional skills. The paper discusses these mechanisms and their implications for the profession.IntroductioD

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Section: Elitism and Oversupply: Three Mechanisms Of {Vofes^onal Controlmentioning

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Elitism and professional control in a saturated market: immigrant physicians in Israel

Shuval¹

1995

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Posteriormente, el número de especialistas se habría convertido en mayoritario a no ser por el crecimiento explosivo de los médicos generales en los anos 70. Además, al final de este período, los especialistas pudieron controlar los mejores puestos de trabajo (Frenk, 1990). La re-tracció n del Estado en la produc ción de servici os de salud ha abierto de nuevo un espacio de mercad o que previo a la interve nción estatal 105 médico s manten ían absolu tament e bajo control .…”

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Asociaciones médicas y política corporativista en México: apuntes sobre algunos cambios recientes

Nígenda¹

1995

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All the contents of this work, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Todo o conteúdo deste trabalho, exceto quando houver ressalva, é publicado sob a licença Creative Commons Atribição 4.0.Todo el contenido de esta obra, excepto donde se indique lo contrario, está bajo licencia de la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimento 4.0.

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Corporatism and health care: A comparison of Sweden and Mexico

Frank

González-Block

1992

Health Policy

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The political economy of medical underemployment in Mexico: Corporatism, economic crisis and reform

Cited by 8 publications

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Elitism and professional control in a saturated market: immigrant physicians in Israel

Elitism and professional control in a saturated market: immigrant physicians in Israel

Asociaciones médicas y política corporativista en México: apuntes sobre algunos cambios recientes

Corporatism and health care: A comparison of Sweden and Mexico

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