Doctors, Politics and Pay Disputes: ‘pressure Group Politics’ Revisited
- 27 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 2 (4), 421-442
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400008796
Abstract
Studies of medical politics usually emphasize one of the following types of inquiries: (a) analyzing the internal politics of medical organizations, as with Oliver Garceau's classic study of the American Medical Association; (b) describing and explaining the roles individual physicians play in the political life of the community as voters, officials, or citizen participants in civic life; or, (c) assessing the impact of medical groups and organizations on public policy, particularly health policy. Harry Eckstein's widely known study of the British Medical Association is primarily a study of the third type, a discussion of the channels of influence, the tactics, and the effectiveness of the BMA in shaping public policy to its ends.Keywords
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