Some Things Are Rarely Discussed in Public – on the Discourse of Corruption in Healthcare; Comment on “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems”

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School of Law and Criminology, University of West London, London, UK

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In an editorial titled “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems” the authors Hutchinson, Balabanova, and McKee hope to encourage a wider conversation about corruption in the health sector. Such conversations are difficult to hold for at least five reasons; it is hard to define corruption; corruption may allow some fragile health systems to subsist, shifting blame – are those involved in anti-corruption research colluding with corrupt officials; the legitimacy of studying corruption; and, that far too little is known about how to tackle corruption. This commentary explores those reasons and concludes that the authors make a strong case for a more open and directed discussion about corruption.

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 8, Issue 9
September 2019
Pages 560-562

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  • Receive Date: 30 April 2019
  • Revise Date: 10 June 2019
  • Accept Date: 10 June 2019
  • First Publish Date: 01 September 2019

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