Medical tourism / (Record no. 313276)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781845936600 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CtWfDGI |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | CtWfDGI |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RA793.5 |
| Item number | .C66 2011eb |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.1 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Connell, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1946- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Medical tourism / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Connell, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : |
| -- | CABI, |
| -- | 2011. |
| 264 #4 - | |
| -- | ©2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps |
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| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book examines medical tourism as an emerging component of the tourist industry and a distinct and controversial element of health provision. The book consists of 10 chapters. The first chapter discusses the reasons why medical tourism has emerged. The second chapter examines a vast range of practices and brings together tourism and health, and a number of particular places, from sites of indigenous importance The third chapter examines practices of nurturing the mind and the spirit in various ways. The fourth chapter discusses the evolution of medical tourism. The fifth chapter examines the emergence of Asia in medical tourism and the combination of factors that have given it contemporary primacy. The sixth chapter examines the marketing of medical tourism, and the particular role of the Internet in this process. The seventh chapter seeks to examine who medical tourists are, where they come from, why they became medical tourists, where they go and what impact this has had on (mainly) destination countries. The eighth chapter discusses the ethics of medical tourism. The ninth chapter examines how medical tourism constitutes a particular form of niche tourism. The tenth chapter discusses the globalization of medical tourism. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : patients without borders -- The antiquity of health tourism -- Mind and matter : health tourism or cosmetic surgery? -- The rise of medical tourism -- Medical tourism and the new Asia -- Marketing medical tourism -- The economics of medical tourism -- Extremes, ethics and inequality -- But is it tourism? -- Global health. |
| 506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Access limited to subscribing institution. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in print format. |
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| -- | Title from PDF title page (viewed August 5, 2013). |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medical tourism. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Information and Documentation. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Health Economics, (New March 2000) |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000) |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Supply, Demand and Prices. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Marketing and Distribution. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Health Services. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Communication and Mass Media. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Arts, Entertainment and Cultural Heritage. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Tourism and Travel. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Behaviour. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cognitive development. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Demand. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Destinations. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Globalization. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Health tourism. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Historic sites. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Internet. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Market segmentation. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Marketing. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medical services. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Tourist industry. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Visitor behaviour. |
| Source of heading or term | cabt |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | CC300 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | EE119 |
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| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | C.A.B. International, |
| Relator term | issuing body. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Connell, John, 1946- |
| Title | Medical tourism. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781845936600 |
| Record control number | (DLC)2010030663 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845936600.0000">https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845936600.0000</a> |
| Public note | Click here to access resource |
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| Koha item type | E-BOOKS |
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