Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-307

  Buchan, James ^a   O'May, Fiona ^a   Dussault, Gilles ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Labour markets; Migration; Nursing workforce; Workforce policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABOUR MARKETS; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSING WORKFORCE; POLICY; STATISTICS; WORKFORCE POLICY;

LABOUR MARKETS; MIGRATION; NURSING WORKFORCE; WORKFORCE POLICY;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSES; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84883446017     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12028     Document Type: Article

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