Recontextualizing Physicians Associations: Revisiting Context, Scope, Methodology



 

Professor Veena Sriram (SPPGA; School of Population and Public Health) co-authored two research articles, “Introduction to ‘Recontextualizing Physicians Associations: Revisiting Context, Scope, Methodology'” and “A Draconian Law: Examining the Navigation of Coalition Politics and Policy Reform by Health Provider Associations in Karnataka, India”, in a special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

 

This research reconsiders the distribution of power in organized medicine, highlighting the significant power held by physicians associations that have largely been ignored by the health policy literature—such as associations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as local/state and specialty associations. Together, the papers in this issue recontextualize power in organized medicine and challenge the reader to reconsider the nature of advocacy and influence in health policy, particularly in how physicians’ associations impact new arenas and platforms.

 

Read “Introduction to ‘Recontextualizing Physicians Associations: Revisiting Context, Scope, Methodology’” here.

Read “A Draconian Law: Examining the Navigation of Coalition Politics and Policy Reform by Health Provider Associations in Karnataka, India” here.