Research Catalog

Title

Migrant health professionals and the global labour market : the dreams and traps of Nepali nurses / Radha Adhikari.

Author

Adhikari, Radha,

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
• ©2020

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Description

x, 180 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book offers a fresh perspective on gender debates in Nepal and analyses how the international migration of the first generation of professional female Nepali nurses has been a catalyst for social change. Through an unprecedented access to study participants in Nepal (source country) following them and their networks in the UK (destination country), this ethnographic study explores Nepali nurses' migration journeys, relocation experiences and their international migration 'dreams' and aspirations. It illustrates how migrant nurses strive to manage social and professional difficulties as they work towards achieving their ultimate migration aims. The book shows that the nursing shortage and international nurse migration is a gender issue, on a global scale, and that the current trend of privatisation in health systems makes the labour market vulnerable and stimulates international migration of health professionals. Arguing that international nurse migration is an integral part of the globalisation of health, the author highlights key policy strategies that are useful for global nursing and health workforce management. A well-informed and much needed study of nurse migration in the global healthcare market, this book will be of interest to professionals and academics working in nursing studies, health and social care studies, gender and international migration studies, and global health studies as well as South Asian studies"--

Series Statement

Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series

Uniform Title

Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series (Unnumbered)

Subject

• Brain drain
• Emigration and immigration
• Labor market
• Medical personnel, Foreign
• Nepal
• Nurses, International
• Nursing > Nepal
• Nursing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Nursing, gender and the political economy of female migration in Nepal -- 1. Professional nursing education and the healthcare labour market in contemporary Nepal -- 2. International migration market economy: decision making, planning and preparation -- 3. Arriving and surviving in the UK: navigating a new set of professional challenges -- 4. "There is a vast difference from what I had thought": professional life in the UK -- 5. Negotiating with the new realities: family and social life in the UK -- 6. Concluding discussion: professional nursing in Nepal and Nurse Migration to the UK -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780429325731 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000729689 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000729832 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000729986 (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library