ArticleSociology of health & illness2022
Who cares where the doctors are? The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes.
Article in Sociology of health & illness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Study motivations and perceived academic and career returns among international students in clinical medicine education in China: an interview study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The Golden Ticket? Widening Access in UK Medicine and the Making of an Emotional Proletariat.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Primary care in rural areas: a qualitative study on medical students' images and experiences of working in rural areas in southern Germany.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Who cares where the doctors are? The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes.Sociology of health & illness · 2022Article
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Abstract
Doctors are typically portrayed as active agents in their work lives. However, this paper argues that this construction of agency ignores the effects of the healthcare structures that constrain choice, which in turn affects population health outcomes. Medical training pathways, regional boundaries, and rationalisation all have a long-lasting impact on the provision of healthcare. Using a mobilities lens to examine the movement of doctors, this paper examines how the expectation of movement built into training programmes perpetuates unequal access to healthcare. Long waiting times, poor care quality and lack of preventative care all perpetuate health inequalities; as one of the socio-economic determinants, access to healthcare affects health outcomes.
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