Medical Exceptionalism in International Migration: Should Doctors and Nurses Be Treated Differently?

This paper examines what we know, and don’t know, about international migration of medical professionals. Although migration is extensive within and among neighboring countries, this paper focuses on South-to-North international migration. By considering the consequences and causes of migration, the paper considers public policy options for sending and receiving countries. A central policy challenge is whether medical migration should be treated differently from the movement of other highly skilled professionals? [abstract]