Surgeon migration between developing countries and the United States: Train, retain, and gain from brain drain

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Hagander, Lars E ^a,b,c   Hughes, Christopher D ^a,b   Nash, Katherine ^d   Ganjawalla, Karan ^a,b   Linden, Allison ^a,b,e   Martins, Yolanda ^a,b,f   Casey, Kathleen M ^g   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871763679     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1795-6     Document Type: Article

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