Global Health Care Chain - From the Pacific to the World

Informationen zum Autor John Connell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sydney. He has worked extensively in the South Pacific, and on the migration of health workers, and written various books about both, most recently The International Migration of Health Workers (Routledge, 2008). Klappentext This book provides the first detailed analysis of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers and reveals its exceptional significance for both sending and receiving countries. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first detailed analysis of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers and reveals its exceptional significance for both sending and receiving countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Globalisation of Skilled Migration: A Pacific Perspective 2. The Pacific Islands and Health Care 3. The Rise of Pacific Migration 4. Becoming a Health Worker 5. Leaving Home? Movers and Stayers 6. The Impact of Health Worker Migration 7. A Policy Perspective 8. At the End of the Chain

Product details

• Authors: John Connell, John (University of Sydney Connell, Professor John Connell, Connell John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415956222
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95622-2
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration; Routledge Research in Populati; Routledge Research in Population and Migration
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Human biology, Society and culture: general, Human Geography, Development Studies, Medical Anthropology