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Medical tourism

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Si Robin Cook est considéré comme le maître incontesté du thriller médical, c’est qu’au fil des ans, ce médecin-spécialiste a su introduire dans des scénarios au suspense parfait, des sujets d’actualité qui nous concernent tous : greffes, dons d’organe, génétique…Morts accidentelles nous entraîne en Inde où le tourisme médical devient une des richesses du pays. Quand CNN révèle que plusieurs opérations, à priori banales, se sont soldées par la mort de malades occidentaux, une étudiante californienne découvre avec stupeur que sa grand-mère fait partie des victimes. Bien décidée à savoir ce qui s’est passé, elle part mener son enquête à New Delhi, ouvrant une redoutable boîte de Pandore où se mêlent économie locale, corruption et manipulation des médias.

Medical Tourism --- Death

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Examines the phenomenon of health travel. This book presents a multidisciplinary account of the way in which lower costs, shorter waiting times, different services, and the chance to combine recreational tourism with a check-up or an operation that have come together to make medical travel an industry with the potential to create jobs and wealth.

Medical tourism. --- Medical tourism --- Public welfare. --- Economic aspects.

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Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism, one of the field's hottest niches, with billions of dollars spent each year. This important book fills the need for a modern management book that looks at medical tourism in depth from a medical and hospitality operational management perspective. Growing numbers of people are going abroad to find affordable quality medical care for both necessary and cosmetic medical services. When they require surgery or dental work, they combine it with a trip to the Taj Mahal, a photo safari on the African veldt, or a stay at a luxury hotel-or at a hospital that feels like one-all at bargain-basement prices. The book takes a comprehensive look at medical tourism, covering such topics as: The history of medical tourism Why patients/tourists decide to travel for medical care The role of professional facilitators of medical tourism Key countries and medical disciplines in medical tourism Transportation, food, entertainment, and hotel/hospitality services Hotel and spa designs for medical tourism Best practices in medical tourism Patient follow-up after medical discharge Future trends in medical tourism Careers in medical tourism With the inclusion of case studies, the book provides a comprehensive look into this growing trend and will be valuable to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in health care administration and those pursing MBAs in healthcare, medical students pursuing a management focus, and students in hospitality management. It will also be a must-have resource for professionals working in hotels and in health care.

Medical Tourism. --- Toerisme --- Medisch toerisme.

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The Intersection of Star Culture in America and International Medical Tourism: Celebrity Treatment argues that celebrity cases and media content drive awareness of medical tourism among Americans at a time when the medical system is under intense scrutiny. By popularizing international sites for treatment, procedures not available in the US, and different approaches to patient care, media narratives present options for health care, triggering dialogue on one of America's most important human welfare issues.

Medical tourism --- Celebrities. --- Medical care.