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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828014503321

Autore

Blishen Bernard R.

Titolo

Doctors in Canada : the changing world of medical practice / / Bernard Blishen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published in association with Statistics Canada by University of Toronto Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-4426-3382-4

1-4426-3214-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

610.69/52/0971

Soggetti

Physicians - Canada

Physicians - Supply and demand - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- The development of medical ascendancy -- Factors affecting physician demand and supply -- The socio-economic background of physicians -- The education of the physician -- Other health professions and occupations -- Sources of collegial control -- The development of third-party intervention -- The emergence of communal control -- Conclusions : the changing world of medicine and medical practice.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has responded to them.