- Author:
Edward Venzon CRUZ
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Internationally Educated Nurse; International Nurse Migration; Disposable Labour
- MeSH: Human; Canada; Nurses
- From: Philippine Journal of Nursing 2018;88(2):3-7
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This paper explores the issues surrounding international nurse migration to Canada. Within the context of Karl Marx's idea of a "disposable industrial reserve army [of labor]" (Magdoff & Magdoff, p. 20; Marx, 1887, p. 438), this paper posits that internationally educated nurses (IENs) are viewed as disposable labour who have the potential to assume different labour requirements needed by the receiving nation state (Magdoff & Magdoff, p. 26). This paper provides a brief background of international nurse migration in history and literature. It proceeds to explore the issue of gendered and racialized labour, and a more focused discussion of the current state and pathways of IEN migration to, and the plight of IENs in Canada.
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