Nursing migration: Global treasure hunt or disaster-in-the-making?

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-212

  Kingma, Mireille ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Incentive; Migration; Nurses; Shortage

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035756489     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2001.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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