Doctors for the world: Indian physician emigration

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 380-393

  Mullan, Fitzhugh ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645662903     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.2.380     Document Type: Review

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