Italian-Moldovan international nurse migration: Rendering visible the loss of human capital

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Palese, A ^a   Cristea, E ^b   Mesaglio, M ^c   Stempovscaia, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Health Services Agency   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d National Scientific and App Ce for Preventive Medicine Ministry of Health Republic of Moldova   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Brain waste; Care drain; Costs; International recruitment; Italy; Moldova; Nurse migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; MOLDOVA; NURSE; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOLDOVA; NURSES; NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 76449095675     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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