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Ethical concerns in nurse migration
International nurse migration is natural and to be expected. Recently, however, those who have fostered nurse migration believe that it will solve nursing shortages in developed countries and offer nurse migrants better working conditions and an improved quality of life. Whether natural or manipulated, migration flow patterns largely occur from developing to developed countries. In this article, nurse migration is examined using primary health care (PHC) as an ethical framework. The unmanaged flow of nurse migrants from developing to developed countries is inconsistent with bhealth for allQ principles. Removing key health personnel from countries experiencing resource shortages is contrary to PHC equity. Often, nurse migrants are placed in vulnerable, inequitable work roles, and employing nurse migrants fails to address basic causes of nurse shortages in developed countries, such as dissatisfaction with work conditions and decreased funding for academic settings.
Nurse migration policies and procedures can be developed to satisfy PHC ethics criteria if they:
- leave developing countries enhanced rather than depleted
- contribute to country health outcomes consistent with essential care for all people
- are based on community participation
- address common nursing labor issues
- involve equitable and clear financial arrangements.
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| Author | BEVERLY J. MCELMURRY, EdD, FAAN,* KAREN SOLHEIM, PHD, RN,y RIEKO KISHI, BSN,z MARCIA A. COFFIA, RN, BSN,z WENDY WOITH, MS, RN,z AND POOLSUK JANEPANISH, RN, MNSz |
| Type | Paper |
| Subject | Migration of health professionals |
| Tags | nurse migration Primary health care ethics |
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Migration of healthcare professionals: practical and ethical considerations
This paper discusses the impact of healthcare professionals from developing countires being recuirted to the UK.
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| Author | Sylvia Watkins |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Migration of health professionals |
| Tags | developing countries healthcare professionals migration |
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The International Migration of Health Professionals
Abstract
Health workforce shortages in developed countries are perceived to be central drivers of health professionals’ international migration, one ramification being negative impacts on developing nations’ healthcare delivery. After a descriptive international overview, selected economic issues are discussed for developed and developing countries. Health labour markets’ unique characteristics imply great complexity in developed economies involving government intervention, licensure, regulation, and (quasi-)union activity. These features affect migrants’ decisions, economic integration, and impacts on the receiving nations’ health workforce and society. Developing countries sometimes educate citizens in expectation of emigration, while others pursue international treaties in attempts to manage migrant flows.
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| Author | Michel Grignon, Yaw Owusu, Arthur Sweetman |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Migration of health professionals |
| Tags | migration health professionals international medical graduates |
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