Migration and the globalisation of health care
Subtitle: the health worker exodus?
By: John Connell
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781847207371
Subjects: Medical personnel; Physicians; Gesundheitswesen; Internationality; Medizinisches Personal; Medical Economics; Globalisierung; Allied Medical Personnel; Supply & distribution; Arbeitsmobilität; Employment; Supply and demand; Migration
Description: The international migration of health workers, described by Nelson Mandela as the 'poaching' of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions, has a controversial recent history. This text examines skilled migration, & the economic, social & cultural rationale behind the rise of complex & now global markets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.