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100	1		_aConnell, John, _d1946- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMedical tourism / _cJohn Connell, University of Sydney, Australia.
264		1	_aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : _bCABI, _c2011.
264		4	_c©2011
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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520	3		_aThis 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			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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			_aAccess limited to subscribing institution.
530			_aAlso available in print format.
588			_aTitle from PDF title page (viewed August 5, 2013).
650		0	_aMedical tourism.
650		4	_aInformation and Documentation.
650		4	_aHealth Economics, (New March 2000)
650		4	_aLeisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
650		4	_aSupply, Demand and Prices.
650		4	_aMarketing and Distribution.
650		4	_aHealth Services.
650		4	_aCommunication and Mass Media.
650		4	_aArts, Entertainment and Cultural Heritage.
650		4	_aTourism and Travel.
650		7	_aBehaviour. _2cabt
650		7	_aCognitive development. _2cabt
650		7	_aDemand. _2cabt
650		7	_aDestinations. _2cabt
650		7	_aGlobalization. _2cabt
650		7	_aHealth tourism. _2cabt
650		7	_aHistoric sites. _2cabt
650		7	_aHistory. _2cabt
650		7	_aInternet. _2cabt
650		7	_aMarket segmentation. _2cabt
650		7	_aMarketing. _2cabt
650		7	_aMedical services. _2cabt
650		7	_aTourist industry. _2cabt
650		7	_aVisitor behaviour. _2cabt
655		0	_aElectronic books.
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710	2		_aC.A.B. International, _eissuing body.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aConnell, John, 1946- _tMedical tourism. _dWallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. _z9781845936600 _w(DLC)2010030663
856	4	0	_uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845936600.0000 _zClick here to access resource
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