The incentive argument for the unionisation of medical workers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Terrance C. McConnell, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Whenever a country institutes a national health
insurance programme, the government in effect
becomes the sole purchaser of health care and
medical workers often become salaried employees.
Many countries have already adopted such programmes.
Even in the United States it is claimed
that as early as 1975 nearly 25 per cent of physicians
were compensated on a salaried basis.l When these
things happen, the issues of medical workers'
unionising and having the right to strike arise too.
In fact, earlier this decade a national survey showed
that three out of every five doctors in the United
States believed they should unionise.2 There is
much debate about whether medical workers should
have unions and should have the right to withhold
their services. Opponents have claimed that unions
are 'unprofessional', and in any case since hospitals
are non-profit organisations, it is inappropriate for
union organisation to take place in that setting.
The incentive argument for the unionisation of medical workers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- McConnell, Terrance. “The Incentive Argument for the Unionization of Medical Workers,” Journal of Medical Ethics 5(4) (December 1979), pp. 182-184.
- Language: English
- Date: 1979
- Keywords
- Medical profession, Medical workers, Unionization, National health insurance