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The advantages and disadvantages of subspecialization
Author(s) -
Jansen R.P.S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(88)90023-9
Subject(s) - medicine , developing country , politics , process (computing) , developed country , healthcare system , health care , economic growth , environmental health , population , law , political science , computer science , economics , operating system
Writing as a subspecialist I intend to show: (1) that subspecialization is as necessary in developing countries as it is in developed countries; (2) that there are universal principles of human nature likely to govern the process of subspecialization, independently of a country's political system or health care policies; and (3) that the pyramidal system of tertiary referrals to subspecialists is threatening to price doctors out of many people's reach.