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'If you pay, we'll operate immediately'.

W L Miller1, A B Grødeland, T Y Koshechkina

  • 1University of Glasgow.

Journal of Medical Ethics
|October 31, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Health care staff in postcommunist countries frequently accepted gifts and extra payments from clients. Low pay doesn't explain this; moral justification and opportunity are key factors in gift-taking behavior.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Sociology of Health
  • Public Administration

Background:

  • Understanding healthcare staff attitudes towards client gifts is crucial in postcommunist settings.
  • Previous research has not fully explored the nuances of gift-taking behaviors in these regions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate healthcare staff attitudes towards accepting client gifts.
  • To assess the prevalence of gift-taking among healthcare professionals in four postcommunist countries.

Main Methods:

  • A survey questionnaire was administered to 1,307 officials, including 292 healthcare staff.
  • Focus-group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted with the general public (4,778 + 323 participants).
  • Data collected on justifications for, willingness to accept, and confessions of gift-taking.

Main Results:

  • Healthcare staff showed a higher inclination to accept money or expensive presents compared to other public servants.
  • They were more likely to justify asking for extra payments and confess to accepting gifts.
  • Hospital doctors' confessions of taking money or expensive gifts were comparable to those of traffic police and customs officials.

Conclusions:

  • Low remuneration is not the primary driver for doctors accepting substantial gifts.
  • Moral self-justification, perceived opportunity, and bargaining power are more significant explanations for this behavior.
Keywords:
Empirical ApproachHealth Care and Public Health

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