Experience of overseas-trained health professionals in rural and remote areas of destination countries: A literature review

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 175-184

  Dywili, Sophia ^a   Bonner, Ann ^a,c   Anderson, Judith ^a   O' Brien, Louise ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Expectation; Integration; Orientation; Overseas trained

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANADA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864316664     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01281.x     Document Type: Review

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