Contemporary Specificities of Labour in the Health Care Sector: Introductory Notes for Discussion


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Campos FE, Albuquerque EM

Series/Journal Title:

Human Resources for Health

Volume:

3

Issue:

8

Description:

This paper combines the literature on public health, on economics of health and on economics of technological innovation to discuss the peculiarities of labour in the health care sector. The health care system has a distinctive characteristic from other economic sectors: it is the intersection between social welfare and innovation systems. The relationship between technological innovation and cost in the health care sector is surveyed. Finally, the Brazilian case is discussed as an example of a developing country. The peculiarities of labour in the health care sector suggest the need to recognize the worth of sectoral labour and to cease to treat it separately. One way to dignify labour is to implement continued education and training of health professions personnel. [from abstract]

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Geographic Focus

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