TY - BOOK AU - Choy,Catherine C. TI - Empire of care: : nursing and migration in Filipino American history SN - 9715504434 U1 - 610.73069 PY - 2003///] CY - Quezon City PB - Ateneo de Manila University Press KW - Nurses KW - Employment KW - Foreign countries KW - History KW - Employment in foreign countries KW - Migrant labor KW - Medical care N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index; Part 1. Nurturing empire; Nursing matters : women and U.S. colonialism in the Philippines; "The usual subjects" : the preconditions of professional migration; Part 2. Caring unbound; "Your cap is a passport" : Filipino nurses and the U.S. exchange visitor program; To the point of no return : from exchange visitor to permanent resident; Part 3. Still the golden door?; Trial and error : crime and punishment in America's 'wound culture"; Conflict and caring : Filipino nurses organize in the United States ER -