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. 2009 Feb 2:7:5.
doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-5.

Nursing brain drain from India

Michael Hawkes  1 , Mary Kolenko, Michelle Shockness, Krishna Diwaker
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Nursing brain drain from India

Michael Hawkes et al. Hum Resour Health. .

Abstract

In response to recent findings regarding migration of health workers out of Africa, we provide data from a survey of Indian nurses suggesting that up to one fifth of the nursing labour force may be lost to wealthier countries through circular migration.

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