Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Nursing brain drain from India | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Commentary Nursing brain drain from India Michael Hawkes 1 Mary Kolenko2 Michelle Shockness3 and Krishna Diwaker4 Open Access Address institute of Medical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Canada 2Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto Toronto Canada 3Urban Promise Toronto Canada and 4Department of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College Kolencherry India Email Michael Hawkes - Mary Kolenko - Michelle Shockness - michelle@ Krishna Diwaker - krishnadiwakar@ Corresponding author Published 2 February 2009 Received II February 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 5 doi 1478-4491-7-5 Accepted 2 February 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 5 2009 Hawkes et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In response to recent findings regarding migration of health workers out of Africa we provide data from a survey of Indian nurses suggesting that up to one fifth of the nursing labour force may be lost to wealthier countries through circular migration. Introduction Migration of trained nurses from resource-poor countries to wealthier countries experiencing nursing shortages may exacerbate global health care inequities 1 . We wish to draw attention to the significant drain on India s nursing labour force due to circular migration using selected results from a recent survey. Discussion We administered anonymous written questionnaires to a convenience sample of 99 nurses at a private hospital Malankara Orthodox Syrian .
