PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S. Thorne
TI  - In Italy, a medical degree often means unemployment or underemployment
DP  - 1996 Mar 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 889--890
VI  - 154
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/6/889.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/6/889.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Mar 15; 154
AB  - Italy's per capita concentration of physicians is the highest in the Western World, and many of them have to struggle to earn a living as they compete for a decreasing number of prestigious hospital positions. Many Italian doctors have more than one job, and some never find work in medicine.