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Neoliberal governance and international medical travel in Malaysia / Meghann Ormond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ormond, Meghann.
- Series:
- Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007) ; 9.
- Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical tourism--Malaysia.
- Medical tourism.
- Malaysia--Politics and government.
- Malaysia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon. With many of the countries currently being promoted as IMT destinations holding developing status, IMT poses a significant challenge to popular assumptions about who provides and receives care since it inverses and diversifies presumed directionalities of care.This book analyses the development of international medical travel in Malaysia. It challenges embedded assumptions about the sources, directions and political value of care. The author situates the Malaysian case study material at the fruitful cross-section of a range of literatures such as international medical travel (IMT); the role of cross-border mobility in the construction of identity; care and hospitality; therapeutic landscapes; place-branding and medical diplomacy. The book thus contributes to wider debates that have emerged around the changing character of global health governance"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Shifting subjects and territories of health care; 3 Attaining 'world-class' recognition; 4 Extending 'Muslim-friendly' care expertise; 5 Identifying regional 'complementarities'; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-203-07756-3
- 1-299-27997-X
- 1-135-13246-1
- 9780203077566
- OCLC:
- 830161220
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