The International Migration of Health Workers

Experts from ethicists and political philosophers to clinicians and trade unionists seek answers to a number of key ethical questions to further a deeper understanding of the ethics of health worker migration.

An exploration of the normative theoretical issues and policy solutions relevant to the significant negative impact of the international migration of health workers on poor countries

List of Tables and Figures Foreword; T.Pogge Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: The International Migration of Health Workers: Ethics, Rights and Justice; R.S.Shah International Migration of Health Professionals: Towards a Multidimensional Framework for Analysis and Policy Response; G.Greco Care Worker Migration and Global Health Equity: Thinking Ecologically; L.A.Eckenwiler Does the Migration of Health Workers Bring Benefits to the Countries They Leave Behind?; C.Packer , V.Runnels & R.Labonté Conflicting Obligations in the International Migration of Health Workers; J.Snyder The Right to Health, State Responsibility and Global Justice; R.S.Shah Brain Drain, Health, and Global Justice; A.Sager The Right to Leave Versus a Duty to Remain: Health Care Workers and the 'Brain Drain'; P.Cole The Right to the Free Movement of Labour; A.H.Lesser Coercion in the Fight Against Medical Brain Drain; N.Eyal & S.A.Hurst Maternal Survival and the Crisis in Human Resources for Health in Africa: Impact of the Brain Drain; S.Bergström Should I Stay or Should I Go? Brain Drain and Moral Duties; A.Raustøl Nurse Migration From South Africa and the Ethics Discourse; C.Mcneil-Walsh Global Health, Justice and the Brain Drain: A Trade Union Perspective; N.Sigler Index