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Medical tourism in developing countries

Author: Milica Zarkovic Bookman; Karla R Bookman
Publisher: New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Milica Zarkovic Bookman; Karla R Bookman
ISBN: 0230600050 9780230600058 9780230600065 0230600069
OCLC Number: 80181347
Description: xi, 245 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Introduction to medical tourism --
Plastic surgery is not peanuts : economic growth and dependency --
Offshore doctors : the demand for medical tourism --
Would you like a safari with your lasik surgery? : the supply of medical tourism --
Promoting medical tourism : the advantages --
Promoting medical tourism : the obstacles --
Inequalities in health care and the role of macroeconomic policy.
Responsibility: Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman.
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"This book by Milica and Karla Bookman is truly groundbreaking. It not only explores a subject that has been missed by researchers and policy makers but also makes a unique contribution to our Read more...

 
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