1st Edition

Working Across Cultures Study of Expatriate Nurses Working in Developing Countries in Primary Health Care

By Barbara A. Parfitt Copyright 1998
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1998, this work aims to challenge not only those expatriates who work overseas as consultants or practitioners in aid programmes but also the agencies who support aid programmes from the West. It identifies the values that influence practice and questions the validity of the contribution that nurses overseas are able to make. The nurses use race, gender and knowledge as forms of... Read more

    1. Background and purpose of the study  2. Literature review  3. Methodology  4. "Getting in the culture": a taxonomic analysis of an emerging domain  5. Discussion

    Biography

    Barbara A. Parfitt