Does the migration of health workers bring benefits to the countries they leave behind?

The International Migration of Health Workers: Ethics, Rights and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 44-61

  Packer, Corinne ^a   Runnels, Vivien ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84999098866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230307292     Document Type: Chapter

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