Why are you draining your brain? Factors underlying decisions of graduating Lebanese medical students to migrate

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1278-1284

  Akl, Elie A ^a   Maroun, Nancy ^f   Major, Stella ^b   Afif, Claude ^c   Chahoud, Bechara ^d   Choucair, Jacques ^g   Sakr, Mazen ^h   Schünemann, Holger J ^e  

^a ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^d LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^h BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Lebanon; Medical students; Middle east; Migration; Physicians

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEDICINE; SKILLED LABOR; STUDENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOCUS GROUPS; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; LEBANON; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847108456     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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