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Doctoring the Brain Drain: Medical Case of Malawi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

John Lwanda
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This article argues that the roots of the Malawian medical brain drain lie in colonial and postcolonial historical, economic, medical, political, social, racial, and class factors. Also involved are the image and expectations of doctors themselves and the culture of medicine in Malawi. Reversing this brain drain, therefore, requires tackling factors in all these domains.

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Part III: Country Studies
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African Issues , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , 2002 , pp. 47 - 51
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2002 

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