| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction; David Botterill, Tomas Mainil and Guido Pennings -- 1. Sickness, Health, Tourism and the Ever Present Threat of Death: Nineteenth Century Spa and Seasonal Travel; David M. Bruce -- 2. A Way through the Maze: Exploring Differences and Overlaps between Wellness and Medical Tourism Providers; Cornelia Voigt and Jennifer H. Laing -- 3. Caring For Non-Residents in Barbados: Examining the Implications of Inbound Transnational Medical Care for Public and Private Health Care; Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A. Crooks, Leigh Turner, Rory Johnston, Henry Fraser, Laura Kadowaki, Mary Choi and Krystyna Adams -- 4. Tourists with Severe Disability; Angie Luther -- 5. Beauty and the Beach: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism; Ruth Holliday, Kate Hardy, David Bell, Emily Hunter, Meredith Jones, Elpseth Probyn and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor -- 6. Cross-Border Reproductive Care around the World: Recent Controversies; Wannes Van Hoof and Guido Pennings -- 7. Transplant Tourism; Thomas D. Schiano and Rosamond Rhodes -- 8. The European Cross-Border Patient as both Citizen and Consumer: Public Health and Health System Implications; Tomas Mainil, Matt Commers and Kai Michelsen -- 9. Canadian Medical Travel Companies and the Globalization of Healthcare; Leigh Turner -- 10. The Ethical Management of Medical Tourism; Guido Pennings -- 11. Habermas, Transnational Health Care and Cross-Culturalism; Tomas Mainil, Vincent Platenkamp and Herman Meulemans -- 12. The Impact of Medical Tourism in Low- And Middle-Income Countries; Melisa Mart̕nez Alvarez, Richard D. Smith and Rupa Chanda -- 13. The Impact of the Internet on Medical Tourism; Daniel Horsfall, Neil Lunt, Hannah King, Johanna Hanefeld and Richard D. Smith -- 14. Towards a Model of Sustainable Health Destination Management Based On Health Regions; Tomas Mainil, Keith Dinnie, David Botterill, Vincent Platenkamp, Francis van Loon and Herman Meulemans |
| Summary |
"Medicine and tourism have become separated in contemporary popular consciousness. The former implies anything but a pleasurable experience and the latter presumes a healthy disposition for participation. We argue that this popular conception of the separation of tourism and medicine ignores an historical continuity of lineage from the 18th century pursuit of a 'cure' at resorts and spas, to 20th century notions of holidays as worker welfare through to global patient mobility in the quest for cutting-edge medical interventions in so-called 'untreatable' conditions. Disciplinary divisions within the academy have reinforced the separation between medicine and tourism in popular culture, but there is now an emergent challenge to re-think the medicine/tourism nexus. Under the influence of transnational health care consumption, two very contrasting traditions of Western thought are now confronting one another. This book provides a comprehensive landscape of diverse research communities' attempts to capture its implications for existing bodies of knowledge in selected aspects of medicine, medical ethics, health policy and management, and tourism studies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Medical tourism.
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Medical tourism -- History
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Travel.
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Medical Tourism
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Travel
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travel.
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Tourism industry.
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Society & social sciences.
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Medical sociology.
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Health & personal development.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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LAW -- Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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TRAVEL -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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Travel
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Medical tourism
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Retail & wholesale industries.
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Society & Social Sciences.
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Medical sociology.
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Health, Relationships & Personal development.
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Travel and Tourism.
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History
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Botterill, David.
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Pennings, Guido.
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Mainil, Tomas.
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| LC no. |
2013003277 |
| ISBN |
9781137338495 |
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1137338490 |
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9781299643055 |
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1299643051 |
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