Professionalisation: The case of pharmacy in Ghana

Paul Bennell

Social Science & Medicine, 1982, vol. 16, issue 5, 601-607

Abstract: It is widely recognised that the manpower pyramid in many developing countries, in particular in Africa, is 'top-heavy' in the sense that there are relatively too many highly qualified professionals compared with technicians and lower levels of skilled manpower. This paper seeks to explain this imbalance in the case of one professional occupation, namely pharmacists in Ghana during the post-Independence period. We focus mainly on how the attempt by the Ghanaian State to restructure the hierarchy of pharmaceutical skills was thwarted by concerted professional opposition.

Date: 1982
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