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

• Main Authors: Niamh Humphries (Author), Jennifer Creese (Author), Aoife M. McDermott (Author), Gabrielle Colleran (Author), Cian McDermott (Author), John-Paul Byrne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...