title: The control of medical doctors in Belgium.
abstract: First the structure and purpose of three institutions of medical control in Belgium are presented (the Order of Physicians, the provincial medical committees, the medical control service). Secondly, data with respect to their actual functioning are discussed. Finally the present obstacles to effective and efficient self-regulation and control of medical doctors are treated on the basis of our research findings.
authors.affiliation: Medical Sociology, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schepers
authors.forename: Herman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nys
authors.forename: Panayota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mokos
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van Bael
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013038:Specialization