International migration of doctors, and its impact on availability of psychiatrists in low and middle income countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Kydd, Robert ^b   Mullen, Paul ^c   Thomson, Kenneth ^d   Sculley, James ^e   Kuper, Susan ^f   Carroll, Joanna ^g   Gureje, Oye ^h   Hatcher, Simon ^b   Brownie, Sharon ⁱ   Carroll, Christopher ^j   Hollins, Sheila ^g   Wong, Mai Luen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁱ The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists   (Australia)

^j US Department of Health and Human Science   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EGYPT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIA; LEBANON; LIBERIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYANMAR; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TANZANIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ZAMBIA; ETHNOLOGY; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; EGYPT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PSYCHIATRY; SRI LANKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949381462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009049     Document Type: Article

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