Chinese nurses in Australia: Migration, work, and identity

The International Migration of Health Workers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-162

  Ho, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84917280214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932452     Document Type: Chapter

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