McGraw S E, Rodriguez T A
Health Care Consulting Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
Physician Exec. 1997 Nov-Dec;23(8):25-9.
Physician unions are in the news. Patient management and patient care decisions are increasingly being taken out of the hands of physicians and put into the hands of "The Suits." To take their case for a return to physician-driven patient care to the people, some physicians are joining unions. Some are even collectively bargaining for salary and other issues that are historically more closely associated with unions. The simple fact is that physician unions exist and the number of physicians joining them is expected to increase. What are the pros and cons of unionization? What motivates physicians to join unions, and what potential negative and positive factors are associated with physician unionization? This article reviews the pros and cons and the issues related to physician unions, for physicians attempting to answer the question, "Is there a union in my future?"
医生工会成为了新闻热点。患者管理和患者护理决策越来越多地从医生手中被拿走，转而交到了“西装革履者”手中。为了向民众宣传回归由医生主导的患者护理的主张，一些医生加入了工会。有些医生甚至就薪资和其他历来与工会联系更为紧密的问题进行集体谈判。一个简单的事实是，医生工会确实存在，而且预计加入工会的医生数量将会增加。工会化有哪些利弊？是什么促使医生加入工会，与医生工会化相关的潜在消极和积极因素又有哪些？本文针对那些试图回答“我未来会加入工会吗？”这一问题的医生，审视了医生工会化的利弊及相关问题。
