Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9613, 2008, Pages 685-688

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Schabas, William A ^b   Volmink, Jimmy ^c   Walker, Roderick ^d   Ford, Nathan ^e   Katabira, Elly ^f   Anema, Aranka ^a   Joffres, Michel ^g   Cahn, Pedro ^h   Montaner, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; JOB ACCOMMODATION; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 39649122639     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60308-6     Document Type: Note

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