Policy Review: Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)-Analysis of a failed nurse migration policy

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-250

  Yagi, Nozomi ^a,b   Mackey, Tim K ^a,b,c   Liang, Bryan A ^b,c   Gerlt, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Brain waste; Developing countries; International nurse migration; Japan; Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA); Nursing; Policy; Republic of the Philippines

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; BRAIN WASTE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL NURSE MIGRATION; JAPAN; JAPAN-PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (JPEPA); NOTE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PHILIPPINES; POLICY; REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES;

BRAIN DRAIN; BRAIN WASTE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL NURSE MIGRATION; JAPAN; JAPAN-PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (JPEPA); NURSING; POLICY; REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES;

FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; NURSING STAFF; PHILIPPINES; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84891151780     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.05.006     Document Type: Note

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