Who are “the Expanded Doctors”? The Ethnography of Professional Self-Identifications in Polish Primary Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9784800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hubert Wierciński (0000-0002-9535-4180, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-49 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Český lid (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-0794 • E-ISSN: 2570-9216 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ) |
| DOI | 10.21104/cl.2020.1.02 |
| OpenAlex | W3013011322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article is an ethnographic exploration of the responses of doctors to the 1997 healthcare reform in Poland. Based on research carried out among practitioners working in Podstawowa Opieka Zdrowotna (POZ, "Basic Healthcare"), which was established in 1997 and opened up to the market, I demonstrate the newly emerged self-identification of doctors, which can be expressed by the term, "the expanded doctor". Following Elizabeth Dunn's and Asta Vonderau's ethnographies of post-socialist reconstructions, I examine how POZ practitioners became "expanded doctors", and what particular elements constitute this novel and liberal self-definition. Based on Eliane Riska and Aurelija Novelskaite's description of practitioners' experiences of transforming from a planned economy to a world composed of "four logics", I analyse the entrepreneurial face of the doctors' self-identification, their attachment to private ownership, and the cult of liberal capitalism
Ethnography · Family medicine · Health care · Political science · Primary care · Self care · Sociology · Anthropology · Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Issues in Poland
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |