title: Policy lessons from physicians' strikes.
abstract: Drawing upon the literature on physicians' strikes from other OECD countries, the experience with physician strikes in Israel is put into comparative perspective. There are both structural and ideological factors that help to explain why there have been more strikes in Israel relative to other countries. At the same time, the dynamics of the strike and divisions within the medical profession in Israel, may be contributing to policy drift. This is a commentary on http://www.ijhpr.org/content/2/1/33.
authors.affiliation: Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, 110 - 2 Research Drive, S4S 0A2 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. greg.marchildon@uregina.ca.
authors.forename: Gregory P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Marchildon
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