Doctors beyond borders : the transnational migration of physicians in the twentieth century / edited by Laurence Monnais and David Wright.

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[2016]
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"The transnational migration of health care practitioners has become a critical issue in global health policy and ethics. Doctors beyond Borders provides an essential historical perspective on this international issue, showing how foreign-trained doctors have challenged--and transformed--health policy and medical practice in countries around the world. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, from immigration records and medical directories to oral histories, the contributors study topics ranging from the influence of South Asian doctors on geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom to the Swedish reaction to the arrival of Jewish physicians fleeing Nazi Germany and the impact of the Vietnam War on the migration of doctors to Canada. Combining social history, the history of health and medicine, and immigration history, Doctors beyond Borders is an impressive selection of essays on a topic that continues to have global relevance."-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Physical description

viii, 284 pages : map ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    CB.AA9
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  • 9781442629615
  • 1442629614