Medical and health tourism is a significant area of growth in
the export of medical, health and tourism services. Although spas
and improved well-being have long been part of the tourist
experience, health tourism now includes travel for medical purposes
ranging from cosmetic and dental surgery through to transplants and
infertility treatment. Many countries including China, Cuba,
Hungary, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore actively promote
and compete for the medical tourist dollar, while many developed
countries also provide niche private services. However, the field
of medical tourism is increasingly being subject to scrutiny and
debate, particularly as a result of concerns over regulatory,
ethical and wider health issues.
Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological
perspectives, this book is one of the first to critically address
the substantial political, philosophical and ethical issues that
arise out of the transnational practices of medical tourism.
Through a series of chapters the book engages with key issues such
as the role of regulatory and policy structures in influencing
medical and health tourism related mobilities. These issues are
investigated by considering range of developing and developed
countries, medical systems and health economic perspectives.
The book adopts a multi-layered perspective to not only
investigate the business and marketing practices of medical and
health tourism but places these within a broader framework of
contemporary globalisation, policy and practice. By doing so it
opens up debate of the ethical space in which medical and health
tourism operates as well as reinforce the wide ranging perspectives
that exist on the subject in both the public and academic
imagination.
This significant contribution will be of interest to students,
academics in tourism and medical policy, trade and economic
development fields.
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