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Rifka, Gabriel E.; Churchill, Charles W. – J Med Educ, 1969
Dimension of medical "brain-drain problem in Lebanon defined. Lebanon needs to develop better training facilities and career opportunities which would decrease migration and lure emigrant physicians. (IR)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Developing Nations, Labor Needs, Medical Education
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Direct linkDauphinee, W. Dale – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2005
Physician migration to and from countries results from many local causes and international influences. These factors operate in the context of an increasingly globalized economy. From an ethical point of view, selective and targeted "raiding" of developing countries' medical workforce by wealthier countries is not acceptable. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Human Capital, Ethics
Aluwihare, A. P. R. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2005
Physician migration from the developing to developed region of a country or the world occurs for reasons of financial, social, and job satisfaction. It is an old phenomenon that produces many disadvantages for the donor region or nation. The difficulties include inequities with the provision of health services, financial loss, loss of educated…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Physicians, Migration, Health Services
