Selective Consent and Dissent: Professional Response to Reform in the Post-Crisis Greek NHS

Sharon C Bolton, Vasilis Charalampopoulos and Lila Skountridaki
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Sharon C Bolton: University of Stirling, UK
Vasilis Charalampopoulos: University of Stirling, UK
Lila Skountridaki: University of Stirling, UK

Work, Employment & Society, 2019, vol. 33, issue 2, 262-279

Abstract: Utilising the sociology of the professions as an analytical framework, the article explores the response of the Greek medical profession to state-imposed managerialism during times of economic recession and socio-political turbulence. It is argued that the case of southern welfare states, permeated by clientelism and corruption, underpins a distinct form of professional–state relations, currently missing from relevant theoretical discussions. Rich qualitative data collected from practising hospital doctors in Greece reveal a willingness to concede elements of clinical autonomy in exchange for the minimisation of the role of a corrupt state in the organisation of the Greek National Health Service.

Keywords: Clientelism; doctors; Greek National Healthcare Service; managerialism; professional power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017018774244

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