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Beauty and the Beach: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism
Ruth Holliday,Kate Hardy,David Bell,Emily Hunter,Meredith Jones,Elspeth Probyn,Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor +6 more
- pp 83-97
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In this paper, the authors discuss how tourism works as a phenomenon that assembles a complex set of people, places and practices, and examine how the cosmetic surgery tourism industry is developing.Abstract:
In this chapter we will:
contextualise cosmetic surgery tourism and sketch some of its defining features;
look more closely at how cosmetic surgery tourism works as a phenomenon that assembles a complex set of people, places and practices;
examine how the cosmetic surgery tourism industry is developing;
consider debates in tourism studies to understand what it means to call our subject cosmetic surgery tourism.read more
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The impact of major tourist markets on health tourism spending in the United States
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of key inbound visitor markets on health tourism spending in the United States (US), for the period 1986-2016, using secondary data and considering both short and long-term perspectives, and volume and price effects.
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Insights on medical tourism: markets as networks and the role of strong ties
TL;DR: In this paper, a brief overview of policy, legislative, and accreditation frameworks that exist to govern medical tourist flows is presented, along with evidence around flows, demographics, treatment, and medical tourism for Korea and UK.
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The changing face of cosmetic surgery regulation: a review of controversies and potential reforms
Dale Jobson,Ian Freckelton +1 more
TL;DR: The current regulation of and controversies surrounding cosmetic surgery in Australia are explored, including the use of the title ‘cosmetic surgeon’, consent processes and the phenomenon of medical tourism.
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