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Nurses on the move : migration and the global health care economy /

South African nurses care for patients in London, hospitals recruit Filipino nurses to Los Angeles, and Chinese nurses practice their profession in Ireland. In every industrialized country of the world, patients today increasingly find that the nurses who care for them come from a vast array of coun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kingma, Mireille
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : ILR Press, 2006.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; NURSES ON THE MOVE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Welcome to Globalization; 2. The Human Face of Nurse Migration; 3. Mini-Business, Big Business; 4. Vested Interests, Inconsistencies, Double Standards; 5. Trade and Migration; 6. Brain Drain, Brain Gain, Brain Circulation; 7. The Grass Could Be Greener; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index.