The ethics of nurse poaching from the developing world

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 666-670

  Singh, Jerome A ^a   Nkala, Busi ^b   Amuah, Eric ^c   Mehta, Nalin ^d   Ahmad, Aasim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Emigration; Nurse migration; Nurse poaching; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 27844492439     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne655oa     Document Type: Review

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