English-Spanish translations for medical tourism

• turismo de salud
• turismo médico
  Considerando que todo esto se hace para impedir el turismo médico, solo veo progreso en esta Directiva. Provided that everything is done to avoid medical tourism, I see this only as progress.
  Durante el periodo de rehabilitación, toda la cadena del "turismo médico" aumentaría con este beneficio. During the rehabilitation period, the entire 'medical tourism' chain would gain from this benefit.
  Sin embargo, no deberíamos confundir la movilidad de los pacientes con el turismo médico que se ha desarrollado durante los últimos años. We should not, however, confuse patient mobility with the medical tourism that has developed over recent years.
• turismo sanitario
  A los colegas diputados que han expresado algunas reservas en cuanto al turismo sanitario, entre otras cosas, les digo "¡No! To those fellow Members who have expressed some reservations regarding medical tourism, among other things, I say 'No!

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.

Synonyms

• health tourism

Related words

• medical doctor
• medical history
• Medical ventilator