The Professional Market as Determinant of Medical Missconduct Summary

Authors

  • Alberto Perales Cabrera Unidad de Investigación Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Perú
  • Alfonso Mendoza Unidad de Post Grado Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Perú
  • Pedro Ortiz Sección Doctoral de la Unidad de Post Grado Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v61i3.4348

Keywords:

Malpractice, Corruption, Physicians, Labour Market, Social Behaviour

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe the phenomenon of corruption in medical professional behaviour and to generate hypothesis to facilitate its scientific study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Theoretical and descriptive analysis based on documented reports and observational descriptions of the phenomenon within the context of Peruvian reality, interpreted in the light of two paradigmes: Normality (Perales A. et al. 1989) and Personality System (Ortiz R 1994). RESULTS: The following hypothesis is proposed: "The higher medical population density in relation to the work market opportunities the higher risk of medical missconducts, being such a risk higher among physicians with characteristics of greater vulnerability, on account of biological, psychological or social variables". CONCLUSION: The problem of corruption in medical professional conduct must be studied by scientific research methodology in order to establish its dimensions and boundaries, and to identify its causal variables. A working hypothesis is proposed.
Vol 61, No 3 (2000)

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2000-09-18

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Vol. 61 No. 3 (2000)

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Artículo Especial

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Perales Cabrera A, Mendoza A, Ortiz P. The Professional Market as Determinant of Medical Missconduct Summary. An Fac med [Internet]. 2000 Sep. 18 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];61(3):207-18. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4348