Several countries are increasingly relying on immigration as a means of coping with
domestic shortages of health care professionals. This trend has led to concerns that in many …

Paediatric radiology requires dedicated equipment, specific precautions related to ionising
radiation, and specialist knowledge. Developing countries face difficulties in providing …

Background The loss of human resource capacity has had a severe impact on the health
system in South Africa. This study investigates the causes of migration focussing on the role …

British Columbia has funded a program for licensure for international medical graduates
since 1992, providing 2 entry positions per year for postgraduate training. Each year 25-35 …

In southern Mrica, rapid out-migration of health professionals is compounding the problems
of health systems already faced with budget constraints and the impacts of HIVI AIDS. These …

Over the past four decades South Africa has experienced a significant outflow of research
and development (R&D) workers, a mobility trend that this pioneering study analyzes to …

Essay Focus 692 www. thelancet. com Vol 371 February 23, 2008 should not be “has
migration stopped from lower income countries?” but rather “are we finding ways to help …

One feature of the effort to reform South Africa's health care system is a 'medical carousel'of
physicians, with an outflow of South African trained doctors and an inflow from Cuba …

INTRODUCTION: In the developed world, doctors use the Internet to support the delivery of
health care. Their usage patterns are explained by Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations. There is …

Laval University researchers randomly selected and interviewed 457 people from the Hull
area before (1996) and after (1997) the Casino de Hull opened. They compared this group …