The Greatest Motivation: Assurance of Practicing the Profession with Dignity. Motivational State of Physicians in Turkey.

Autor: Tanik, Feride Aksu, Bilaloğlu, Eriş, Özçelik, Ziynet, Okman, Uğur
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Zdroj: World Medical Journal; Jun2013, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p104-109, 6p
Abstrakt: This article will try to illustrate the motivational state of physicians in Turkey based on the well known Guidelines "Incentives for Health Professionals". The main data sources are three separate web based researches carried out by the Turkish Medical Association. The fixed income of physicians is below the poverty line. Physicians are not happy with Pay for Performance. They are not able to use their rights to rest sufficiently. Their reasonable financial expectations focus on providing themselves with modest human life. The health care environment starts to destroy the autonomy of physicians and the professional values alienate from the practice of medicine. In the last decade not a single law has been adopted to ensure professional autonomy. Physicians consider the managerial structure of their work places as a stress factor. They are working long hours. Physicians demand secure work and secure future. There is not an effective, participative management of occupational health and safety. The violent atmosphere of health care in Turkey tremendously demotivates physicians and other health care staff. The status of the Association concerning its freedom is reflected in the ILO reports and unfortunately it is in the black list. There is no paid leave for Continuous Medical Education. Physicians' sense of belonging has weakened and the expectation of future decrease. Physicians in Turkey as honorable members of a profession dedicated to the good of society do not want to be actors in a commercialized health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index