02842nam 2200673 a 450 991045842290332120200520144314.01-281-36609-997866113660940-230-60565-610.1057/9780230605657(CKB)1000000000403046(EBL)361613(OCoLC)567827701(SSID)ssj0000200582(PQKBManifestationID)11220488(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200582(PQKBWorkID)10221483(PQKB)11632208(SSID)ssj0001659482(PQKBManifestationID)16440793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659482(PQKBWorkID)14988033(PQKB)11744074(DE-He213)978-0-230-60565-7(MiAaPQ)EBC361613(Au-PeEL)EBL361613(CaPaEBR)ebr10194093(CaONFJC)MIL136609(EXLCZ)99100000000040304620070108d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical tourism in developing countries[electronic resource] /Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman1st ed. 2007.New York Palgrave MacMillan20071 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-36941-1 0-230-60005-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction to Medical Tourism; 2 Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts: Economic Growth and Dependency; 3 Offshore Doctors: The Demand for Medical Tourism; 4 Would You Like a Safari With Your Lasik Surgery? The Supply of Medical Tourism; 5 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages; 6 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Obstacles; 7 Inequalities in Health Care and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexWestern patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market.Medical tourismDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Medical tourism338.4/73621Bookman Milica Zarkovic895517Bookman Karla R935653MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458422903321Medical tourism in developing countries2107595UNINA