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Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and … surgery
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The rise of medical tourism emphasises the privatisation of health care, the growing dependence on technology, uneven access to health resources and the accelerated globalisation of both health care and tourism.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2006-12-01. It has received 892 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medical tourism & Tourism.read more
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Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and commodification
TL;DR: An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation, and current knowledge and analysis of the industry.
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Construction and validation of a scale to measure tourist motivation to consume local food.
Yeong Gug Kim,Anita Eves +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a measurement scale for tourist motivations to understand what tourist motivations influence consumption of local food and beverages in a tourist destination and developed a five factor measurement scale with acceptable levels of reliability and validity.
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Medical tourism: assessing the evidence on treatment abroad.
Neil Lunt,Percivil Carrera +1 more
TL;DR: The review sought to identify the medical tourist literature for out-of-pocket payments, focusing wherever possible on evidence and experience pertaining to patients in mid-life and beyond, and drew attention to gaps in research evidence.
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What is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A scoping review
TL;DR: The need for additional research on numerous issues is demonstrated, including: understanding how multiple information sources are consulted and evaluated by patients before deciding upon medical tourism; examining how patients understand the risks of care abroad; and the push and pull factors, as well as the motives of patients to participate in medical tourism.
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'First world health care at third world prices': globalization, bioethics and medical tourism.
TL;DR: Reductions in health benefits offered by states and employers will likely increase the number of individuals looking for affordable medical care in a global market of privatized, commercial health care delivery.
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New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices
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Health tourism: Where healthcare, ethics, and the state collide
TL;DR: Analysis of the responses to the government's consultation shows that respondents differed markedly on how certain key issues should be addressed, thus providing another illustration of this dichotomy in a health service where both costs and rights are emphasised more than ever before.