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Author Pascoe, Vicki Adele

Title Australia's Toxic Medical Culture : International Medical Graduates and Structural Power
Published Singapore : Springer, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages)
Contents Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms; List of Tables; Introduction: Welcome to Australia, the Land of a Fair Go for All; The Australian Health System; Foundation of the Study-The Field Work; The Focus Group; The Interviews; The 2012 Parliamentary Inquiry on Registration Processes and Support for Overseas Trained Doctors: Submissions; The 2016 Senate Community Affairs References Committee on Medical Complaints Process in Australia: Submissions; Why Does Australia Need IMGs?; The Research Study Underpinning this Book; Chapter Overview; References; The Pathway to Find the Voices
IntroductionMy Perspective as Researcher; Elites and Studying up; or Perhaps Down?; Design of the Study; The Participants and Recruitment; Confidentiality; Anonymity; The Focus Group; New Ways of Approaching Clinical Practice; Information and Orientation; Working Conditions; The Interviews; The 2012 Parliamentary Inquiry-Lost in the Labyrinth; Representation of the Voice; References; The Lucky Country: IMGs and the History of Ethnocentrism, Xenophobia and Racism; Introduction; In the Beginning: The Invasion of an Ancient Land; Australia's First Peoples; The First IMGs; Class; Refugee IMGs
FederationThe White Australia Policy; Nationalism; References; Policies, Processes, Poppycock and Dimensions of Power: Structural, Hegemonic and Interpersonal; Structural Power: The System; The Process Journey Through the System; Down the Garden Path; The Competent Authority Pathway; The Standard Pathway; Seeking Limited Registration; Provisional Registration; General Registration; English Language Proficiency; Standard Pathway; Independent Pathway; Specialist Pathway; Hegemonic Negotiation: The Australian Medical Profession; Strategies of Control-Examinations; Strategies of Control: Fees
Interpersonal Power: IMG VoicesIMGs as a Professional Community; Discourse and Power; References; Medical Dominance and the Creation of Toxic Culture; What is Expected from the Medical Profession?; The Rise of the Medical Profession; Medical Dominance; The Toxic Underbelly of Medicine in Australia; Medicine in the Media; References; The Representation of IMGs as Problematic?; IMGs Global Representation: An Ethical Problem?; Why Do IMGs Migrate?; Risk for the Sake of Possible Safety; Refugees and Human Rights; Safety and Psychological Stress; Inquiries, Inquiries and Requests for More
Bibliography ReferencesIMGs and Intersecting Inequalities: Class, Race and Nation; Intersectionality as an Analytic Tool; Class, Race and Nation as Intersecting Oppressions; The Rise and Fall and Resurrection of Hanson: 'I Am Fed Up'!; 'Love Trumps Hate' and 'The European Union Has Failed Us All'; What Happened?; Australia's Boat People Paranoia; We're Not Racists! But ... ; IMGs and Professional Identity; References; Conclusion: Where to from Here? Transformation or a Very Wicked Problem; The First IMGs; Power Dimensions; Medical Dominance and Toxic Tales; Migration as an Ethical Dilemma
Notes Risk-Taking for Safety
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