NHS Activism: The Limits and Potentialities of a New Solidarity. Issue 3 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pushkar, Piyush
• Is Part Of: Medical anthropology. Volume 38:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 239
• Page End: 252
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: UK -- consciousness -- health care privatization -- moral economy -- NHS -- solidarity; Medical anthropology -- Periodicals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2018.1532421
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-9740

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Using Thompson's conceptualization of the moral economy, I describe how NHS activists in the UK utilize moral arguments to form alliances between different occupational groups, in a political battle against health care privatization, reflecting how a consciousness is being built upon solidarity and shared interests. In this context, professional duties of health care professionals are linked to the interests of all citizens. I explore how the deployment of professional ethics elides a moral hierarchy that may hinder the movement's egalitarian potential. Abstract :