Australia and New Zealand's contribution to Pacific Island health worker brain drain

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-511

  Negin, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Health manpower; Nurses; Oceania; Pacific Islands; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER PLANNING; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SKILL MIX; STAFF TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149279397     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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