Care worker migration and transnational justice

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-183

  Eckenwiler, Lisa A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MIGRATION; NURSE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953392992     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/php015     Document Type: Article

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