Doctors beyond borders : the transnational migration of physicians in the twentieth century / edited by Laurence Monnais and David Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, David, 1965- author, editor.

Contributor:

Monnais-Rousselot, Laurence, editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical personnel, Foreign.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and Immigration.

Physicians.

Medical Subjects:

Emigration and Immigration.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Contents:

1 Imperial Connections and Caribbean Medicine, 1900-1938 / Juanita De Barros Barros, Juanita De 20

2 Pathways of Perseverance: Medical Refugee Rights to Australia and New Zealand, 1933-1945 / John Weaver Weaver, John 42

3 Public Health and Persecution: Debates on the Possible Migration of Jewish Physicians to Sweden from Nazi Germany / Annika Berg Berg, Annika 73

4 "A mysterious discrimination": Irish Medical Emigration to the United States in the 1950s / Greta Jones Jones, Greta 96

5 A System of Exclusion: New Zealand Women Medical Specialists in International Medical Networks, "1945-1975 / John Armstrong Armstrong, John 118

6 From Zebra to Motorbike: Transnational Trajectories of South Asian Doctors in East Africa, ca 1870-1970 / Margret Frenz Frenz, Margret 142

7 Draft Doctors: The Impact of the Vietnam War on the Migration of Foreign Doctors to Canada / David Wright Wright, David, Alex Ketchum Ketchum, Alex, Gregory Marks Marks, Gregory 166

8 "Without racism there would be no geriatrics": South Asian Overseas-Trained Doctors and the Development of Geriatric Medicine in the United Kingdom, 1950-2000 / Joanna Bornat Bornat, Joanna, Parvati Raghuram Raghuram, Parvati, Leroi Henry Henry, Leroi 185

9 Providing "Special" Types of Labour and Exerting Agency: How Migrant Doctors Have Shaped the United Kingdom's National Health Service / Julian M. Simpson Simpson, Julian M., Stephanie J. Snow Snow, Stephanie J., Aneez Esmail Esmail, Aneez 208

10 Connecting to Canada: Experiences of the South Asian Medical Diaspora during the 1960s and 1970s / Sasha Mullally Mullally, Sasha, David Wright Wright, David 230.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781442629615

1442629614

OCLC:

931152060

Publisher Number:

99968541797