Transformation of professional autonomy of medical profession under Health Transformation Program in Turkey

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2023-5

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Çorbacıoğlu Aksak, Gül

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This study aims to examine the transformation of professional autonomy of the Turkish medical profession under Health Transformation Program (HTP), a comprehensive health reform that began to be implemented by Justice and Development Party (AKP) as soon as it came into power in 2003. The program entails changes in the organization, financing and delivery of healthcare services which had profound impact on the context and conditions of work of Turkish medical profession. This research aims to address how autonomy of the medical professionals as a group and medical professionals as individuals are affected in the context of HTP in Turkey, using concepts of political, economic and clinical autonomy. Through an analysis of in-depth-interviews conducted with 23 medical specialists working in private and public sectors in Ankara, it examines the subjective perceptions of professionals on the three dimensions of autonomy with regards to profession's relationship with the state, market and the public. Findings of the study present medical professional perceive political, economic and clinical dimensions of autonomy as intertwined that all three dimensions of autonomy as declining under the conditions of Health Transformation Program.

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Sociology of Professions, Medical Profession, Professional Autonomy, Healthcare Reforms, Health Transformation Program

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/103056

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis