Is health worker migration a case of poaching?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 3-7

  Snyder, Jeremy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain Drain; Labor Migration; Personnel Selection; Poaching; Social Justice; Social Responsibility; Theft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMODIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THEFT;

ADULT; COMMODIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; THEFT;

EID: 61449110972     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802654152     Document Type: Article

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