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The Case against Medical Licensing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Edwin A. Locke ,
Arthur S. Mode  and
Harry Binswanger
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The recent general disenchantment with government control has focussed attention on the concept of occupational licensing. The logical place to begin a reappraisal of occupational licensing is in the field of medicine, where such licensing originated and where it has been most fully accepted.

Our position is that no rational or moral foundation for medical licensure exists and, therefore, we recommend the total abandonment of governmental licensing and the substitution of free market protections, including private certification. Medical licensing, and occupational licensing in general, is morally wrong and ineffectual in practice.

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Medicolegal News , Volume 8 , Issue 5 , October 1980 , pp. 13 - 28
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1980

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