The WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel: We have only just begun

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Eckenwiler, Lisa A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRATION; POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; CODES OF ETHICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICAL THEORY; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 62549154146     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2009.00252.x     Document Type: Editorial

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