PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C R Hooper
TI  - Adding insult to injury: the healthcare brain drain
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2007.023143
DP  - 2008 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 684--687
VI  - 34
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/34/9/684.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/34/9/684.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2008 Sep 01; 34
AB  - Recent reports published by the United Nations and the World Health Organization suggest that the brain drain of healthcare professionals from the developing to the developed world is decimating the provision of healthcare in poor countries. The migration of these key workers is driven by a combination of economic inequalities and the recruitment policies of governments in the rich world. This article assesses the impact of the healthcare brain drain and argues that wealthy countries have a moral obligation to reduce the flow of healthcare workers from the developing to the developed world.