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    Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Brewster, L., Lambert, M., & Shelton, C. (2022). Who cares where the doctors are? The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes. Sociology of Health & Illness, 44( 7), 1077– 1093. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13480 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13480 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

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Who cares where the doctors are?: The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>31/07/2022
<mark>Journal</mark>Sociology of Health and Illness
Issue number7
Volume44
Number of pages17
Pages (from-to)1077-1093
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date18/05/22
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Doctors are typically portrayed as active agents in their work lives. However, this paper argues that this construction of agency ignores the effects of the healthcare structures that constrain choice, which in turn affects population health outcomes. Medical training pathways, regional boundaries, and rationalisation all have a long‐lasting impact on the provision of healthcare. Using a mobilities lens to examine the movement of doctors, this paper examines how the expectation of movement built into training programmes perpetuates unequal access to healthcare. Long waiting times, poor care quality and lack of preventative care all perpetuate health inequalities; as one of the socio‐economic determinants, access to healthcare affects health outcomes.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Brewster, L., Lambert, M., & Shelton, C. (2022). Who cares where the doctors are? The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes. Sociology of Health & Illness, 44( 7), 1077– 1093. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13480 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13480 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.