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Health Tourism - Social Welfare through International Trade (Hardcover)
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Health Tourism - Social Welfare through International Trade (Hardcover)
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In this unique and pathbreaking book, David Reisman examines the
relatively new phenomenon of health travel. He presents a
multidisciplinary account of the way in which lower costs, shorter
waiting times, different services, and the chance to combine
recreational tourism with a check-up or an operation all come
together to make medical travel a new industry with the potential
to create jobs and wealth, while at the same time giving sick
people high-quality care at an affordable price. The book
illustrates that it is no longer the case that medical attention
must be consumed at home. Patients are travelling to Mexico, India
and Thailand for a heart bypass. They are going to Hungary, Poland
and Malaysia for dentistry. Doctors are migrating to Britain, the
USA and Canada for new challenges. Hospitals are opening
subsidiaries in Dubai, the Philippines and Costa Rica to see
overseas patients on the spot. Integrating academic perspectives
from medicine, tourism, health economics, development studies and
public policy, the author concludes that the benefits both to the
importing and the exporting nations are considerable, but that
there are also some costs. He suggests that the new industry should
be regulated and supported in order that it can do its best both
for the local population and for the sick people who travel abroad
for treatment. This fascinating and highly original book will be of
great interest to academics and researchers in areas such as health
economics, tourism, social policy, development studies, Asian
studies and public policy. It will also prove invaluable to
practitioners actively involved in planning and delivering medical
attention in the global economic order.
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