Hiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in 'source' country perspectives on health worker migration

• Main Authors: Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (Author), Vivien Runnels (Author), Jelena Atanackovic (Author), Denise Spitzer (Author), Margaret Walton-Roberts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Gender roles and relations affect both the drivers and experiences of health worker migration, yet policy responses rarely consider these gender dimensions. This lack of explicit attention from source country perspectives can lead to inadequate policy responses. Methods A Canadia...