The Son Has Not Returned: A Surgeon in His Native Malaysia is a memoir of a Malaysian-born and Canadian-trained surgeon's tenure in his native Malaysia from January 1976 to May 1978, and at a time when the term "brain drain" had not yet entered the popular lexicon.When he left Canada to return home, it was to be a permanent move. Alas, that was only intention; other factors soon intruded. Policymakers may expound on the dynamics of the brain drain,...