Why sub-Saharan African health workers migrate to european countries that do not actively recruit: A qualitative study post-migration

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Poppe, Annelien ^a   Jirovsky, Elena ^b   Blacklock, Claire ^c   Laxmikanth, Pallavi ^c   Moosa, Shabir ^d   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a   Kutalek, Ruth ^b   Peersman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Healthcare; Migration; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84904389883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24071     Document Type: Article

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