Reflections on the ethics of recruiting foreign-trained human resources for health

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Runnels, Vivien ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^a   Packer, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 78651588550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-2     Document Type: Article

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