Commentary
Nursing brain drain from India
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* Corresponding author: Michael Hawkes michael.hawkes@utoronto.ca
1 Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2 Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
3 Urban Promise, Toronto, Canada
4 Department of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Kolencherry, India
Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:5 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-7-5
Published: 2 February 2009Abstract
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.