Buchan, James2018-06-292018-06-292002-03-30Buchan, J. (2002) ‘Global nursing shortages’, BMJ, 324(7340), pp. 751–752. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7340.751.1468-5833https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7340.751https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/16Nursing shortages in the United Kingdom and elsewhere have been a repetitive phenomenon, usually due to an increasing demand for nurses outstripping static or a more slowly growing supply. Demand continues to grow, while projections for supply point to actual reductions in the availability of nurses in some developed and developing countries.751-752articlehttp://10.1136/bmj.324.7340.751