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Mobility of Health Professionals [electronic resource] : Health Systems, Work Conditions, Patterns of Health Workers' Mobility and Implications for Policy Makers.

By: Wissenschaftliches Institut der [editor.].
Contributor(s): Tjadens, Frits [author.] | Weilandt, Caren [author.] | Eckert, Josef [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XX, 168 p. 48 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642340536.Subject(s): Medicine | Europe -- Economic policy | Migration | Medicine & Public Health | Medicine/Public Health, general | Migration | European IntegrationDDC classification: 610 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- International mobility as a process -- Factors contributing to mobility of health workers -- Countries, structures and systems -- Some notions about the European dimension -- Managing mobile health workforces -- Conclusions, challenges and recommendations -- References.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project “Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowledge gaps relating to the international migration of health professionals, which involved an analysis of migration flows and evaluation of policies addressing migration. This book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the mobility streams, the motives and driving forces behind them and the impact on and challenges for health systems and draws conclusions and provides recommendations for future strategic planning, monitoring and the management of mobility of health professionals as well as further research and policy development needs.
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Introduction -- International mobility as a process -- Factors contributing to mobility of health workers -- Countries, structures and systems -- Some notions about the European dimension -- Managing mobile health workforces -- Conclusions, challenges and recommendations -- References.

This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project “Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowledge gaps relating to the international migration of health professionals, which involved an analysis of migration flows and evaluation of policies addressing migration. This book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the mobility streams, the motives and driving forces behind them and the impact on and challenges for health systems and draws conclusions and provides recommendations for future strategic planning, monitoring and the management of mobility of health professionals as well as further research and policy development needs.

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