title: In Italy, a medical degree often means unemployment or underemployment.
abstract: Italy's per capita concentration of physicians is the highest in the Western World, and many of them have to struggle to earn a living as they compete for a decreasing number of prestigious hospital positions. Many Italian doctors have more than one job, and some never find work in medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thorne
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007558:Italy; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*