Overview
Exposes the underlying problems of a powerful medical elite
Includes a historical analysis of the Australian nation’s foundations of racism, xenophobia, and ethnocentrism
Utilizes lived experiences to offer readers a personal appreciation of the damage caused by a toxic culture
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Australia’s Toxic Medical Culture
- International Medical Graduates in Australia
- Representation of International Medical Graduates
- Australia's Health Policy
- Medicine in Australia
- Medicine and Multiculturalism
- Inequalities of Class
- Medical Graduates
- Medical Education
- International Workers
- Health Workforce Shortage
- History of Ethnocentricism, Xenophobia and Racism
- Medical Dominance
- Bullying and Sexual Harassment
- Cultural Difference
- Ethnocentricism
- Harassment in Medicine
- Discrimination in Medicine
- Australian Health Care
- Health Services
About this book
It also suggests that the positioning of IMGs is organised through the dimensions of structural power, hegemonic power and interpersonal power, which allow an exploration of power relations between the structures of the health system, the Australian medical profession and the agency of IMGs. The Australian narrative presented to the world espouses a community of social justice and human rights. Instead, an historical lens traces the formation and persistence of difference represented in ethnocentrism, racism and xenophobia from 1788 to the present.
The research presented is multidisciplinary in scope. An anti-oppressive theoretical framework enables the voices of lived experience to penetrate throughout and a social justice platform engages the participants and the reader into the interwoven conversations. The data set comprises a focus group, 10 individual interviews with IMGs and a selection of inquiry submissions revealing rich and sometimes shocking evidence to paint a stark picture. Other medical voices join the conversation via media responses to revelations of experiences not only by IMGs but also by Australian-trained doctors. It exposes a toxic culture endemic with bullying and sexual harassment.
This book is of interest to practitioners, researchers and administrators in the fields of medical education, human resource management, legal studies, health sciences, social sciences, health services, government departments, universities and hospitals, as well as those tasked with duty of care and the provision of a safe workplace. The voices gifted to this study raise awareness of current issues within medicine in Australia at a very personal level and begin to formulate a policy and practical response to address these disturbing revelations.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Australia’s Toxic Medical Culture
Book Subtitle: International Medical Graduates and Structural Power
Authors: Vicki Adele Pascoe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2426-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2425-3Published: 22 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4775-7Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2426-0Published: 11 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 199
Topics: Migration, Cultural Studies, Health Administration, Social Policy, Public Policy