Lydia Gan

Medical Tourism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Medical tourism, a complex interplay of healthcare, economics, and culture, offers both opportunities and challenges for patients, providers, and nations alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9798216170341
• Artikelnr.: 71890196

Autorenporträt

Lydia Gan

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Overview:
1. The Basics of Medical Tourism
2. Medical Tourists
3. Treatment Types
4. The Destinations: Foreign Healthcare Providers
5. The Middlemen: Medical Tourism Facilitators
6. Intrastate Medical Tourism in the United States
Part II: Controversies and Issues
7. Consumers' Concerns Related to Medical Tourism
8. Issues Faced by Insurance Companies and Employers
9. Regulatory and Ethical Issues for Home Countries
10. The Larger Impacts of Medical Tourism
Part III. Scenarios
Directory of Resources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index:
About the Author: