Coercion in the fight against medical brain drain

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 137-158

  Eyal, Nir ^a   Hurst, Samia A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84999232409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230307292     Document Type: Chapter

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