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Risks and challenges in medical tourism : understanding the global market for health services / Jill R. Hodges, Leigh Turner, and Ann Marie Kimball, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical tourism.
- Medical Tourism.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Health Expenditures.
- Internationality.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medical Tourism.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Health Expenditures.
- Internationality.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
- Summary:
- "A multidisciplinary international team examines the safety, ethics, and health implications of the emerging global market for health care, and the issues that arise when patients cross borders for medical procedures they cannot afford or access at home, from liposuction to kidney transplants"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Drivers, departures points, and destinations: situated studies of medical tourism
- Border crossings: risks, controversies, and consequences
- Legal and regulatory questions
- Ethical considerations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313399350
- 0313399352
- 9780313399367
- 0313399360
- OCLC:
- 768800267
- Publisher Number:
- 99973739115
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