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Shuval and Bernstein examine the occupational integration of immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union to Israel, Canada, and the United States. An analysis of general immigration policy and the licensing and employment of immigrant physicians in each of the host countries provides the background for a comparative analysis of the migration experience as expressed in life-history narratives. The findings provide sociological insights, hypotheses, and generalizations that are meaningful beyond these settings. This is an important research tool for scholars and students in medical sociology, immigration studies, and Eastern European studies.
Shuval and Bernstein examine the occupational integration of immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union to Israel, Canada, and the United States. It is this combination of the commonality and uniqueness of the contexts studied that makes possible a comparative analysis that sheds light on the dynamic structuring of professions in contemporary industrialized societies.
Shuval, Bernstein and their contributors first focus on the common motives, values, and problems of immigrants in post-industrial societies. After examining the historical and structural background of their medical training and practice, they look at the reasons for emigrating and the immigration policy and licensing approaches in each of the three host countries. Throughout, life-history narratives personalize the experience. They conclude by drawing together the findings in the three settings. An important research tool for scholars and students in medical sociology, immigration studies, and Eastern European studies.
List of contents
Preface
Setting the SceneMigrant Physicians in Post-Industrial Societies by Judith T. Shuval
The Emigration of Jews from the Former Soviet Union by Judith H. Bernstein
Physicians and Health Care in the Former Soviet Union by Kate Schecter
Destination: IsraelIsrael's Open Door Policy: Implications for Immigrant Physicians by Judith H. Bernstein and Judith T. Shuval
Patterns of Professional Commitment in the Stories of Immigrant Physicians from the Former Soviet Union in Israel by Paula Feder-Bubis
Destination: CanadaThe Admission and Licensing of Immigrant Physicians in Canada by Tanya Basok
Occupational Experiences of Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Canada by Tanya Basok
Destination: The United StatesImmigrant Physicians in a Saturated Market by Marilynn M. Rosenthal, Kate Schecter, and Rosalie F. Young
A Study of Soviet Immigrant Physicians in the United States by Rosalie F. Young, Kate Schecter, and Marilynn M. Rosenthal
Physicians in New WorldsImmigrant Physicians in Three Societies: A Comparative Analysis by Judith T. Shuval and Judith H. Bernstein
Appendix: The Three Health-Care Systems
References
Index
About the author
JUDITH T. SHUVAL is Louis and Pearl Rose Professor of Medical Sociology at the School of Public Health and the Department of Sociology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was awarded the Israel Prize for the Social Sciences in 1965 for her first book Immigrants on the Threshold. Since then she has published Social Functions of Medical Practice (with A. Antonovsky and A. M. Davies, 1970), Entering Medicine: A Seven Year Study of Medical Education in Israel (1980), and Newcomers and Colleagues: Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel (1983). She has been a consultant to UNESCO, the World Health Organization, and policy-making bodies in Israel, and on the editorial boards of Social Science and Medicine and Sociology of Health and Illness.
