Nurse migration from Zimbabwe: Analysis of recent trends and impacts

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-174

  Chikanda, Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Emigration; Nurse migration; Nurse professionals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 23944484033     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2005.00273.x     Document Type: Review

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