Contextualizing the global nursing care chain: International migration and the status of nursing in Kerala, India

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-194

  Walton Roberts, Margaret ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GENDER; GLOBAL NURSING CARE CHAIN (GNCC); INDIA; KERALA; MIGRATION

Indexed keywords

GENDER; INDIA; KERALA; MIGRATION; NURSING CARE;

POLLUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

NURSING;

CASTE; COLONIALISM; GENDER ROLE; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKPLACE;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 84858313264     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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