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Biomedical Globalization
Diaz-Briquets, Sergio; Cheney, Charles C.
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Description for Biomedical Globalization
An analysis of the impact of the growing numbers of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms. It seeks to shed light on this development through an examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCFM; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Despite much debate in recent years about the economic and professional impact of foreign engineers and computer professionals in the United States, comparatively little has been said about the growing number of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms and health institutions. The implications are widespread and merit serious analysis. In Biomedical Globalization, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Charles C. Cheney shed light on this development through examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.Diaz-Briquets and Cheney's analysis is based on results of ethnographic field observations and more than 200 interviews among ... Read more
Despite much debate in recent years about the economic and professional impact of foreign engineers and computer professionals in the United States, comparatively little has been said about the growing number of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms and health institutions. The implications are widespread and merit serious analysis. In Biomedical Globalization, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Charles C. Cheney shed light on this development through examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.Diaz-Briquets and Cheney's analysis is based on results of ethnographic field observations and more than 200 interviews among ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Somerset, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780765801043
SKU
V9780765801043
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About Diaz-Briquets, Sergio; Cheney, Charles C.
Sergio Diaz-Briquets is executive director of the Council for Human Development in Alexandria, Virginia and vice president of Casals and Associates, a Washington area-based consulting firm. He is the co-author (with Jorge Perez-Lopez) of Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba. CHARLES C. CHENEY IS SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. HE HASA BEEN A CULTURAL ... Read more
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