"Luring overseas trained doctors to Australia: Issues of training, regulating and trading"

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 31-65

  Iredale, Robyn ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRAINING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70149090375     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00563.x     Document Type: Review

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