Global care chains: A state-of-the-art review and future directions in care transnationalization research

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-154

  Yeates, Nicola ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CARE TRANSNATIONALIZATION; CARE WORK; GLOBAL CARE CHAINS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; MIGRATION; NETWORK METHODOLOGY

Indexed keywords

CARE TRANSNATIONALIZATION; CARE WORK; GLOBAL NETWORKS; MIGRATION; RESEARCH AGENDA; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RESEARCH;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATION; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84858303725     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00344.x     Document Type: Review

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