The two cultures of health worker migration: A Pacific perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-81

  Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Health workers; Human capital; Migration; Pacific islands; Skills; Technology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPECTATION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; CAREER MOBILITY; FAMILY; FIJI; INCOME; MIGRANT WORKER; NIUE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMOA; TONGA;

ALTRUISM; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MIGRATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 84904858421     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.043     Document Type: Article

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