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The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India

Timmons, Stephen; Evans, Catrin; Nair, Sreelekha

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Authors

STEPHEN TIMMONS stephen.timmons@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Health Services Management

Dr CATRIN EVANS CATRIN.EVANS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Evidence Based Healthcare

Sreelekha Nair



Abstract

In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation processes. Included in our analysis are the ways in which gender affects the professional project in the global south, and the development of a professional project which it is closely tied to global markets and global migration, revealing the political-economic, historical, and cultural factors that influence the shape and consequences of nurse migration.

The phenomenon that enabled our analysis, by showing these forces at work in a particular time and place, was an outbreak of strikes by nurses working in private hospitals in Kerala in 2011–2012.

Citation

Timmons, S., Evans, C., & Nair, S. (2016). The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India. Social Science and Medicine, 166, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.012

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 6, 2016
Online Publication Date Aug 8, 2016
Publication Date 2016-10
Deposit Date Jul 16, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Social Science & Medicine
Print ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 166
Pages 41-48
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.012
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1125180
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616304348?via%3Dihub

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