The professional identity of family physicians in Quebec
This article examines the impact of contemporary organizational and cultural transformations on the professional identity of family physicians in Quebec. It aims to describe, based on an analysis of three cohorts of physicians entering the Quebec labour market, new ways of relating to work that are contributing to redefining the professional identity of family physicians. In order to understand changes in values regarding work and the medical profession, this study takes a critical stance toward generational explanatory models. Rather, it looks to other factors for improving our understanding of the evolution of professional identities, in particular the conditions of practice, structural gender rigidities, and changes in values and in personal and family situations.