Oferta de médicos: Bajo el imperio del mercado o de la salud? / Juding doctor supply-market or health criteria?

ABSTRACT

Claims that there are too many doctors in some developing countries fail to take account of distortions arising from the acceptance of market forcets as determining factors in this field. There are concentrations of medical and nursing staff in congenial urban areas but elsewhere the numbers of these workers are often inadequate. The prime purpose of medical education should be to meet the health needs of the people, and doctors should be asked to serve the first 5-10 years of their careers where these needs are greatest-in the rural communities and urban slums