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Vivien Runnels
English
Social Policy
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Open AccessHiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in ‘source’ country perspectives on health worker migration
Gender roles and relations affect both the drivers and experiences of health worker migration, yet policy responses rarely consider these gender dimensions. This lack of explicit attention from source country ...
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Open AccessGovernment roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala
Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can be protected. The case of Guatemala is use...
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Open AccessCauses, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of health workers: key findings from India
This study sought to better understand the drivers of skilled health professional migration, its consequences, and the various strategies countries have employed to mitigate its negative impacts. The study was...
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Open AccessAn examination of the causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of highly trained health personnel from the Philippines: the high cost of living/leaving—a mixed method study
Dramatic increases in the migration of human resources for health (HRH) from develo** countries like the Philippines can have consequences on the sustainability of health systems. In this paper, we trace the...
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Open AccessKnowledge and potential impact of the WHO Global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel: Does it matter for source and destination country stakeholders?
The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was implemented in May 2010. The present commentary offers some insights into what is known about the Code five years on, as...
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Open AccessHealth worker migration from South Africa: causes, consequences and policy responses
This paper arises from a four-country study that sought to better understand the drivers of skilled health worker migration, its consequences, and the strategies countries have employed to mitigate negative im...
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Open AccessCanadian physicians’ responses to cross border health care
The idea for this survey emanated from desk research and two meetings for researchers that discussed medical tourism and out-of-country health care, which were convened by some of the authors of this article (...
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Open AccessReflections on the ethics of recruiting foreign-trained human resources for health
Developed countries' gains in health human resources (HHR) from develo** countries with significantly lower ratios of health workers have raised questions about the ethics or fairness of recruitment from suc...
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Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
One manifestation of globalization is medical tourism. As its implications remain largely unknown, we reviewed claimed benefits and risks. Driven by high health-care costs, long waiting periods, or lack of acc...
