'Turning the ebbing tide': Knowledge flows and health in low-income countries

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-242

  Mc Auliffe, Eilish ^a   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Capacity building; Health professions; Knowledge flows; Low income countries; TRIPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044445175     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300085     Document Type: Article

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