Residents' strikes on policy issues.
Strikes by residents or medical students have become fairly common and the new trend is to resort to strikes to protest matters concerning health policies. This article discusses the justification for and the ethical issues involved in these strike actions. Mechanisms to prevent such strikes are also discussed.
Sharma
Vishal
V
Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. docvishalsharma@gmail.com
Aggarwal
Sourabh
S
D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012923:Social Class; D013317:Strikes, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*