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Definition of medical tourism

  • Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.Shaywitz, D.A., & Ausiello, D.A. . Global Health: A Chance for Western Physicians to Give - and Receive. ''The American Journal of Medicine'', 113, 354-357.Bezruchka, S. . Medical Tourism as Medical Harm to the Third World: Why? For Whom? ''Wilderness and Environmental Medicine'', 11, 77-78.Roberts, M. . Duffle Bag Medicine. ''Journal of the American Medical Association'', 295, 1491-1492.Pinto, A.D., & Upshur, R.E.G. . Global Health Ethics for Students. ''Developing World Bioethics'', 9, 1-10.James, D. . Going Global. ''The New Physician'', 48, online. Accessed 7 May 2009. [http://www.mendeley.com/research/global-health-ethics-for-students/]Jim Baraldi. "A harm in 'medical tourism.The poor need lasting efforts to improve global health, not feel-good field trips." [http://articles.philly.com/2009-09-25/news/25269011_1_global-health-medical-tourism-mission-trip] ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. September 25, 2009.

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