The experiences of professional nurses who have migrated to Canada: Cosmopolitan citizenship or democratic racism?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 655-667

  Turrittin, Jane ^a   Hagey, Rebecca ^a   Guruge, Sepali ^a   Collins, Enid ^a   Mitchell, Mitzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Default message; Denial; Discourse; Dispute process; Race relations; Racism

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DENIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MIGRATION; NURSING; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; NURSING; PREJUDICE;

EID: 0036676329     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00003-2     Document Type: Note

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