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 diverse biomedical research constituencies in the
United States and abroad. These views provide a penetrating glimpse
into the complex web of interrelationships governing the
international mobility of highly skilled personnel within a given
scientific field. While the work of the NIH is unexceptionable in
advancing biomedical knowledge and forging international research
linkages, a far more complex and elusive picture emerges when the
issue is placed within a broader labor market perspective. Under
some circumstances the United States economy may suffer from the
presence of foreign biomedical scientists in American laboratories.
There is some fear that when these scientists return home they may
take with them know-how developed here that could be used to
strengthen the scientific prowess of overseas competitors.In
conducting their research, the authors have identified several
hitherto unrecognized functions that the NIH plays in channeling
foreign biomedical scientists intothe American workforce. These
functions are of great significance to immigration and labor policy
and can be seen as instrumental to the satisfaction of numerous key
public policy objectives. Biomedical Globalization will be of
interest to policymakers, labor studies scholars, and scientific
researchers.
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