Title |
Health inequalities, physician citizens and professional medical associations: an Australian case study
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, August 2007
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-5-23 |
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Authors |
John Furler, Elizabeth Harris, Mark Harris, Lucio Naccarella, Doris Young, Teri Snowdon |
Abstract |
As socioeconomic health inequalities persist and widen, the health effects of adversity are a constant presence in the daily work of physicians. Gruen and colleagues suggest that, in responding to important population health issues such as this, defining those areas of professional obligation in contrast to professional aspiration should be on the basis of evidence and feasibility. Drawing this line between obligation and aspiration is a part of the work of professional medical colleges and associations, and in doing so they must respond to members as well as a range of other interest groups. Our aim was to explore the usefulness of Gruen's model of physician responsibility in defining how professional medical colleges and associations should lead the profession in responding to socioeconomic health inequalities. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
Jamaica | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 4 | 57% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
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Geographical breakdown
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Australia | 1 | 3% |
Brazil | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 29 | 94% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 23% |
Researcher | 4 | 13% |
Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 13% |
Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
Other | 3 | 10% |
Unknown | 7 | 23% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 29% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 26% |
Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
Other | 4 | 13% |
Unknown | 7 | 23% |