Heidi Bludau: “Nurse for Hire: International Healthcare Recruiters as Cultural Brokers in Central and Eastern Europe”
- Author: Russian and East European Institute
- Number of episodes: 1
- Web site: http://iub.edu/~reeiweb/events/2010/Bludau.pdf
Podcast Description:
Based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Prague, Bludau uses the Czech Republic as a case study to examine how medical recruiters broker migration by influencing the relationships individuals hold with both the global healthcare labor market and local healthcare systems. A PhD student in Indiana University’s Anthropology department, Heidi Bludau’s academic interests include medical anthropology, gender and the Czech Republic. She is completing her dissertation, “Czech Migration Agenci