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Author(s) -
De Leo Diego
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00845.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , psychology , medicine , computer science
Australian medicine faces a life-threatening disease in the form of an unprecedented grab for control by governments. Its latest symptom is the potential hijacking of the profession’s control over self-regulation and education. These are slated to become the responsibilities of committees in which doctors will have less influence. The extent of the hijack will become clearer when the Council of Australian Governments establishes a national body to register and set competency standards for doctors and other health professionals, and a national accreditation body to establish standards for their education. With these developments, what will be the fate of medical boards, medical colleges and the Australian Medical Council?