Exploring the migration decisions of health workers and trainees from Africa: A meta-ethnographic synthesis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Blacklock, C ^a   Ward, A M ^a   Heneghan, C ^a   Thompson, M ^a,b  

^a Department of Primary Care Health Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Health worker; Human resources; Meta ethnography; Migration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCES; META-ETHNOGRAPHY; MIGRATION;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84892516533     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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