| Medical Tourism Contributor(s): Connell, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845936604 ISBN-13: 9781845936600 Publisher: Cabi OUR PRICE: $149.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 2010030663 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (1.50 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tourism has long been associated with improved health, resulting in a boom of spas, yoga and rejuvenation treatments. Medical tourism itself is a more recent example of niche tourism, with increasing numbers of people travelling abroad in search of cosmetic enhancement and solutions to various serious medical conditions often by surgery. Medical Tourism looks at the background and rise of health tourism, new emerging facets of the sector, and examines how medical tourism benefits local health care providers, economies and the tourism industry as a whole. It offers a unique overview of an emerging component of the tourist industry and a distinct and controversial element of health provision. |
Contributor Bio(s): Connell, John: - John Connell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Australia, Sydney. |
