What seems to be the problem? Locum doctors, liminality and concerns about performance

Gemma Stringer, Jane Ferguson, Kieran Walshe, Thomas Allen, Christos Grigoroglou, Evangelos Kontopantelis and Darren M. Ashcroft

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 383, issue C

Abstract: Doctors who work in temporary positions (usually termed locums) in healthcare organisations can occupy a liminal space – at the margins of both the organisation and the medical profession, often situated on the periphery of or even outside formal structures for governance and support and informal professional and social networks.

Keywords: Locums; Liminality; Concerns; Doctors; Professional identity; Healthcare; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118489

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