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Medical tourism : the ethics, regulation, and marketing of health mobility /
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 thro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.
Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 33. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203109458 0203109457 9781136270536 1136270531 9781136270482 1136270485 9781136270529 1136270523 9781138081659 1138081655 9781283586665 1283586665 |