The health workforce: Managing the crisis ethical international recruitment of health professionals: Will codes of practice protect developing country health systems?

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Martineau, Tim ^a   Willetts, Annie ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country Health systems; Ethical codes; Health professionals; International Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONITORING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 29944437804     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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