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The role played by recruitment agencies in the emigration of South African nurses

M J Oosthuizen, V J Ehlers, K Jooste
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 10, No 3 | a201 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v10i3.201 | © 2005 M J Oosthuizen, V J Ehlers, K Jooste | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 November 2005 | Published: 10 November 2005

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M J Oosthuizen, University of South Africa, South Africa
V J Ehlers, University of South Africa, South Africa
K Jooste, University of South Africa, South Africa

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Active recruitment of foreign nurses might offer solutions to many countries’ nursing shortages.

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Die aktiewe werwing van buitelandse verpleegkundiges kan oplossings bied vir baie lande se tekorte aan verpleegkundiges.

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