Negotiating Professionalism, Economics and Moral Obligation
An Appeal for Ethnographic Approaches to African Medical Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noelle Sullivan (0000-0002-0888-6366, University of Florida, corresponding author), Hansjörg Dilger (0000-0002-8493-4286, Freie Universität Berlin), David Giner García (University of Florida) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 237-254 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Diaspora (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1872-5457 • E-ISSN: 1872-5465 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/187254610x526931 |
| OpenAlex | W2172235468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article provides a preliminary framework of useful methodologies and topics for future ethnographic research on medical migration from Africa to North America. We argue that medical professionals’ migrations must be understood in terms of their multiple struggles for meaning as they negotiate their professional and personal preferences in light of their desires to help rebuild ailing medical systems in their countries of origin. Our ethnographic interviews suggest that networks and family have been of critical importance to medical mobility, as well as providing a potential means of continued involvement in philanthropic investments in their countries of origin. Ultimately, we argue that economic perspectives on medical migration are insufficient, and leave out the complexities of balancing professionalism, personal goals and moral obligation to the country of origin
Appeal · Epistemology · Ethnography · Meaning (existential · Moral obligation · Negotiation · Obligation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law
Global Assemblages Anthropological Problems
The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America
Early Black Doctors in South Africa
The flight of physicians from West Africa
Physician migration
Sub-Saharan Africa
From the Transvaal to the Prairies
From Immigrant to Transmigrant
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2018 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |