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

Timmons, Stephen; Evans, Catrin; Nair, Sreelekha

Abstract

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd 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: Oct 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 5, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 5, 2016
• Journal: Social Science & Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0277-9536
• Electronic 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
• Keywords: Nursing; Kerala; Sociology; Sociology of professions; Employment; Globalisation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/806374
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616304348
• Contract Date: Sep 5, 2016