Medical tourism / John Connell.

  • Connell, John, 1946-
Date:
[2011], ©2011
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Wallingford, Oxfordshire : CABI, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xii, 209 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 26 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction: patients without borders -- The antiquity of health tourism -- Mind and matter: health tourism or cosmetic surgery? -- The rise of medical tourism -- Medical tourism and the new Asia -- Marketing medical tourism -- The economics of medical tourism -- Extremes, ethics and inequality -- But is it tourism? -- Global health.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    W84.1 2011C75m
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781845936600
  • 1845936604