03877nam 22010215 450 991096767440332120250609110058.09786611366094978128136609212813660999780230605657023060565610.1057/9780230605657(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(Perlego)3499959(MiAaPQ)EBC4308742(EXLCZ)99100000000040304620151201d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical Tourism in Developing Countries /by M. Bookman1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349369416 1349369411 9780230600058 0230600050 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.Development economicsInternational relationsInternational economic relationsEconomic policyTourismManagementMacroeconomicsDevelopment EconomicsInternational RelationsInternational Political Economy'Economic PolicyTourism ManagementMacroeconomics and Monetary EconomicsDevelopment economics.International relations.International economic relations.Economic policy.Tourism.Management.Macroeconomics.Development Economics.International Relations.International Political Economy'.Economic Policy.Tourism Management.Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.338.4/73621Bookman Milica Zarkovic895517Bookman Karla R1792811MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967674403321Medical Tourism in Developing Countries4331855UNINA