English-Portuguese translations for medical tourism

turismo de saúde
turismo médicoDesde que se faça tudo para evitar o turismo médico, tal mudança apenas representa progressos. Provided that everything is done to avoid medical tourism, I see this only as progress. Durante o período de recuperação, toda a cadeia de "turismo médico" ganharia com este benefício. During the rehabilitation period, the entire 'medical tourism' chain would gain from this benefit. No entanto, não devemos confundir a mobilidade dos doentes com o turismo médico que se desenvolveu ao longo dos últimos anos. We should not, however, confuse patient mobility with the medical tourism that has developed over recent years.

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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