Conflicting obligations in the international migration of health workers

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 62-77

  Snyder, Jeremy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84999287034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230307292     Document Type: Chapter

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