title: Is the concept of ethics misplaced in the migration of Indian trained dentists to Australia? The need for better international co-operation in dentistry.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to discuss the ethics involved in the migration of Indian trained dentists to Australia. It develops from interviews of senior oral health leaders in both the countries to provide evidence that ethics in migration is diluted in practice and to suggest that migratory procedures in both the countries should be reconsidered. There is also an urgent need for more organized bilateral communication and negotiation between the concerned organizations of both the countries (dental councils, immigration departments and research centers) in order to prevent the somewhat irreversible and intensive brain drain of top quality dentists from India to Australia. We would suggest as a starting point better monitoring of the migrants' academic and social background, the nature of the educational investment in India and the nature of the stay in Australia. This new information base could possibly lay the groundwork for more restrictive policies to be introduced both in Australia and India.
authors.affiliation: Research Officer, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Gopakumar, Australia. madhan.balasubramanian@adelaide.edu.ac
authors.forename: Madhan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.forename: Stephanie D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Short
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003729:Dental Care; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004497:Education, Dental; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007391:International Cooperation; D017008:Negotiating; D011640:Public Policy; D012931:Social Environment