Nurse Migration in Asia - Emerging Patterns and Policy Responses

This book explores the nursing and healthcare workforce in Asia. It will be of interest to academics in the field of nursing, health and social care workforce studies, population demography, labour markets, gender and international migration studies, globalisation in health and Asian studies.

List of contents

Introduction. Shifting the focus to Asia; Chapter One. Nursing education, employment, and international migration: The case of India; Chapter Two. "Friendly relations" in troubled times: Tracing a decade of nurse migration from India to the UAE; Chapter Three. Nursing shortage and mobility in China: current development and future possibilities; Chapter Four. Career pathway, long-term settlement policies and stepwise migration aspirations of Philippine-educated nurses (PENs) in Singapore: lessons for policymakers; Chapter Five. From nurses to care workers: Deskilling among Filipino nurses in Japan; Chapter Six. Dreams interrupted: Migrant Filipino nurses, gendered nationalism and ontological (in)security during the Covid-19 pandemic; Chapter Seven. An ageing society and a shrinking workforce pool: How Japan is preparing to tackle an impending demographic time-bomb; Conclusion. Nurse migration in Asia: current challenges and opportunities

About the author

Radha Adhikari is a Lecturer in University of the West of Scotland, UK. Her research focuses on international nurse migration, gender and global health inequality. Her latest research monograph, Migrant Health Professionals and the Global Labour Market: the Dreams and Traps of Nepali Nurses, was published in 2019, by Routledge.
Evgeniya Plotnikova is a teaching fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She works for the Master of Public Health (MPH) online programme. Her research interests include health worker migration, bilateral labour agreements, and global governance in health.

Summary

This book explores the nursing and healthcare workforce in Asia. It will be of interest to academics in the field of nursing, health and social care workforce studies, population demography, labour markets, gender and international migration studies, globalisation in health and Asian studies.

Product details

• Assisted by: Radha Adhikari (Editor), Evgeniya Plotnikova (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032111117
• ISBN: 978-1-032-11111-7
• No. of pages: 172
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Diasporas, Migrations and Mobilities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Nursing, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Development Studies, Personal and public health / health education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General