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UK study finds doctors six times more likely come from professional than working-class backgrounds.
A UK study reveals significant social and economic inequalities among doctors, with those from professional backgrounds six times more likely to become doctors than those from working-class backgrounds.
Only 4% of practicing doctors come from lower-income working-class backgrounds.
The study calls for greater efforts to boost social mobility in medical school admissions and highlights the need for better data on doctors' socioeconomic backgrounds to understand the impact on patient care.
The findings come amid the UK government's pledge to improve access to medical professions for disadvantaged individuals.
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El estudio del Reino Unido encuentra que los médicos tienen seis veces más probabilidades de provenir de profesionales que de la clase trabajadora.