Medical Tourism in Kolkata, Eastern India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book examines the global influence and scope of medical tourism with an emphasis on the city of Kolkata in Eastern India as an emerging destination at the regional scale. Through a geographical research perspective, the book discusses the importance of the phenomenon of medical tourism including recent trends, policies, and scale studies to develop sustainable strategies for medical tourism at particular micro destinations. In nine chapters, readers will become familiar with the multi-billion dollar industry of medical tourism and the problems currently associated with medical tourism at multiple scales. The trends of medical tourism in and around the city of Kolkata are used to demonstrate the roles of infrastructure and stakeholders in implementing feasible and sustainable medical tourism in an emerging destination. The first two chapters of the book provide an introduction to medical tourism and the methodologies of this study. Then chapters three through nine focus on medical tourism in the case of Kolkata to discuss the regional applications and developments of medical tourism. Topics addressed include medical tourism facilities, stakeholders and tourists, guest-host relationships, an assessment of development versus risk, and an evaluation of strategies to manage rising medical tourism in Kolkata. The concluding chapter discusses future strategies that could be used to implement the potentialities of a metropolitan city as a medical tourism destination, based on studies done in Kolkata. Readers who will find this work of interest include students, practitioners, geographers, and researchers and policymakers engaged in the medical tourism industry.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Global Perspectives on Health Geography
Release date:	November 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Anu Rai
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73271-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography
LSN:	3-319-73271-4
Barcode:	9783319732718

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!