One size doesn't fit all: Ethics of international nurse recruitment from the conceptual framework of stakeholder interests

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 571-581

  Xu, Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Jianhui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; International nurse recruitment; Nurse migration

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CAREER MOBILITY; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CAREER MOBILITY; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 27844461470     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne827oa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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