Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History

by Catherine Ceniza Choy

Book Overview

In western countries, including the United States, foreign-trained nurses constitute a crucial labor supply. Far and away the largest number of these nurses come from the Philippines. Why is it that a developing nation with a comparatively greater need for trained medical professionals sends so many of its nurses to work in wealthier countries? Catherine Ceniza Choy engages this question through an examination of the unique relationship between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082233089X
• ISBN13: 9780822330899
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"