The impossible dream? Codes of Practice and the international migration of skilled health workers

World Medical and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Connell, John ^a   Buchan, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes of Practice; Health workers; Migration; Policy

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB FINDING; JOB MARKET; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SCOPE OF PRACTICE;

EID: 84858025835     PISSN: 19484682     EISSN: 21532028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1948-4682.1175     Document Type: Review

References (37)

1. Bach, S. 2007. "Going Global? The Regulation of Nurse Migration in the UK." British Journal of Industrial Relations 45:383-403.
2. Brown, D. 1997. "Workforce Losses and Return Migration to the Caribbean. A Case Study of Jamaican Nurses." In Caribbean Circuits. New Directions in the Study of Caribbean Migration, ed. P. Pessar, New York: Center for Migration Studies, 197-223.
3. Buchan, J. 2010. "Challenges for WHO Code on International Recruitment." British Medical Journal 340 (29 March) 1486.
4. Buchan J, and Seccombe, I. 2005. Past Trends Future Imperfect? A Review of the UK Nursing Labour Market in 2004/5. London: Royal College of Nursing. Buchan, J., R. Jobanputra, and P. Gough. 2004. London Calling? The International Recruitment of Health Workers to the Capital. London: King's Fund.
5. Buchan, J., B. McPake, K. Mensah, and G. Rae. 2009. "Does a Code Make a Difference-Assessing the English Code of Practice on International recruitment." Human Resources for Health 7(33):1-8.
6. Buchan, J., L. Naccarella, and P. Brooks. 2011. "Is Health Workforce Sustainability in Australia and New Zealand a Realistic Policy Goal?" Australian Health Review 35:152-155.
7. Chetty, K., and A. Maslin. 2006. "A Memorandum of Understanding Between the Governments of South Africa and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on the Reciprocal Educational Exchange of Healthcare Concepts and Personnel." Commonwealth Secretariat, mimeo.
8. Commonwealth Secretariat. 2007. "Comparison of the Commonwealth Code with the March 2007 Pacific Code." mimeo, London.
9. Connell, J. 2009. The Global Health Care Chain. From the Pacific to the World. New York and London: Routledge.
10. Connell, J. 2010. Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care. Edward Elgar Cheltenham.
11. Connell, J. and L. Kerse. 2009. "The Pacific Code of Practice for Recruitment of Health Workers. An Analysis for Tonga and Samoa." unpublished report to WHO, Suva.
12. Connell, J., P. Zurn, B. Stilwell, M. Awases, and J.-M. Braichet. 2007. "Sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond the Health Worker Migration Crisis." Social Science and Medicine 64:1876-1891. (Pubitemid 46553715)
13. Department of Health. 2004. Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. London: Department of Health.
14. Department for International Development (DFID). 2007. "Evaluating the UK's Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Workers." mimeo, London.
15. Dovlo, D. 2007. "Migration of Nurses from Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Issues and Challenges." Health Services Review 42:1373-1388. (Pubitemid 46699459)
16. de Mesquita, J. and M. Gordon. 2005. The International Migration of Health Workers: Human Rights Analysis. London: Medact.
17. Eastwood, J., R. Conroy, S. Naicker, P. West, R. Tutt, and J. Plange-Rhule. 2005. "Loss of Health Professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa: The Pivotal Role of the UK." The Lancet 365:1893-1900. (Pubitemid 40744969)
18. Garrett, L. 2007. "The Challenge of Global Health." Foreign Affairs 86(1):14-38.
19. Hamilton, K., and J. Yau. 2004. The Global Tug-of-War for Health Care Workers. Washington: Migration Policy Institute.
20. Kingma, M. 2006. Nurses on the Move. Migration and the Global Health Care Economy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
21. Labonté, R., C. Packer, and N. Klassen. 2006. "Managing Health Professional Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Canada: Stakeholder Inquiry into Policy Options." Human Resources for Health 4(22):1-15.
22. London, L., and Schneider, H. 2011. "Globalisation and Health Inequalities: Can a Human Rights Paradigm Create space for Civil Society action?" Social Science and Medicine 73. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03. 022
23. Lorenzo, F., J. Galvez-Tan, K. Icamina, and L. Javier. 2007. "Nurse Migration from a Source Country Perspective: Philippine Country Case Study." Health Services Research 42:1406-1418. (Pubitemid 46699463)
24. Lowell, L., and A. Findlay. 2002. Migration of Highly Skilled Persons from Developing Countries: Impact and Policy Response, Geneva: ILO International Migration Papers No. 44.
25. McIntosh, T., R. Torgerson, and N. Klassen. 2007. "The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Lessons from Abroad and Options for Canada." CPRN Research Report H/11, Ottawa.
26. Martineau, T., and A. Willetts. 2006. "The Health Workforce: Managing the Crisis Ethical International Recruitment of Health Professionals: Will Codes of Practice Protect Developing Country Health Systems?" Health Policy 75:358-367. (Pubitemid 43042368)
27. Mejia, A., H. Pizurski, and E. Royston. 1979. Physician and Nurse Migration: Analysis and Policy Implications. Geneva: WHO.
28. Morgan, W., A. Sives, and A. Appleton. 2005. "Managing the International Recruitment of Health Workers and Teachers: Do the Commonwealth Agreements Provide an Answer?" The Round Table 94:225-238. (Pubitemid 40771294)
29. Plotnikova, E. 2011. "Cross-Border Mobility of Health Professionals: Contesting Patients' Right to Health." Social Science and Medicine 73. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.012
30. Rogerson, C., and J. Crush. 2008. "The Recruiting of South African Health Care Professionals." In The International Migration of Health Workers, ed. J. Connell. New York and London: Routledge, 199-224.
31. Salmon, M., J. Yan, H. Hewitt, and V. Guisinger. 2007. "Managed Migration: The Caribbean Approach to Addressing Nursing Services Capacity." Health Services Research 42:1354-1372. (Pubitemid 46699455)
32. Watkins, S. 2004. "Migration of Health Care Professionals: Practical and Ethical Considerations." Clinical Medicine 5:240-243.
33. Wiskow, C. 2005. "Management of International Health Worker Migration: Instruments on Ethical Recruitment and Other Policy Options." unpublished mimeo, Geneva.
34. WHO. 2006. Working Together for Health. Geneva: WHO.
35. WHO. 2010a. The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Geneva: WHO.
36. WHO. 2010b. User's Guide to the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Geneva: WHO.
37. Zurn, P., M. Dal Poz, B. Stilwell, and O. Adams. 2004. "Imbalances in the Health Workforce." Human Resources for Health 2(13):1-12.