‘That's just how medicine is': A remote ethnographic study of Ireland's failure to meet the core work needs of its hospital doctors

This study focuses on hospital doctors' experiences of work during the pandemic. The context is the Irish health system, under considerable strain due to the pandemic and a legacy of austerity/under-funding. Although medicine is considered a prestigious job, hospital doctors often endure challe...

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Main Authors: Niamh Humphries, Jennifer Creese, Aoife M. McDermott, Gabrielle Colleran, Cian McDermott, John-Paul Byrne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000015