Migration of nurses in Australia: Where and why?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-24

  Ohr, Se Ok ^a,b   Parker, Vicki ^a,b   Jeong, Sarah ^b   Joyce, Terry ^b  

^a Hunter New England Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contributing factors for migration; Nursing workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FOREIGN WORKER; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSE MIDWIFERY; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RACISM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIETY; WORKING TIME;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLITICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77949623434     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY09051     Document Type: Article

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