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Conflicting Obligations in the International Migration of Health Workers
Many moral wrongs allegedly take place due to the migration of skilled health workers from the develo** to the developed world. In many cases, the immorality of this kind of migration is taken to be self-evi...
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Open AccessWhat is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A sco** review
Medical tourism is understood as travel abroad with the intention of obtaining non-emergency medical services. This practice is the subject of increasing interest, but little is known about its scope.
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Open AccessWhat is known about the effects of medical tourism in destination and departure countries? A sco** review
Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice has resulted in a significant amount of...
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Issues and Challenges in Research on the Ethics of Medical Tourism: Reflections from a Conference
The authors co-organized (Snyder and Crooks) and gave a keynote presentation at (Turner) a conference on ethical issues in medical tourism. Medical tourism involves travel across international borders with the...
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Open AccessFly-By medical care: Conceptualizing the global and local social responsibilities of medical tourists and physician voluntourists
Medical tourism is a global health practice where patients travel abroad to receive health care. Voluntourism is a practice where physicians travel abroad to deliver health care. Both of these practices often ...
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Open AccessAn industry perspective on Canadian patients' involvement in Medical Tourism: implications for public health
The medical tourism industry, which assists patients with accessing non-emergency medical care abroad, has grown rapidly in recent years. A lack of reliable data about medical tourism makes it difficult to cre...
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Open AccessRisk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: A thematic content analysis of canadian broker websites
Medical tourism, thought of as patients seeking non-emergency medical care outside of their home countries, is a growing industry worldwide. Canadians are amongst those engaging in medical tourism, and many ar...
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Open Access“I didn’t even know what I was looking for”: A qualitative study of the decision-making processes of Canadian medical tourists
Medical tourism describes the private purchase and arrangement of medical care by patients across international borders. Increasing numbers of medical facilities in countries around the world are marketing the...
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Open AccessUse of medical tourism for hip and knee surgery in osteoarthritis: a qualitative examination of distinctive attitudinal characteristics among Canadian patients
Medical tourism is the term that describes patients’ international travel with the intention of seeking medical treatment. Some medical tourists go abroad for orthopaedic surgeries, including hip and knee resu...
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Caring for Non-residents in Barbados: Examining the Implications of Inbound Transnational Medical Care for Public and Private Health Care
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Open AccessUnderstanding the impacts of medical tourism on health human resources in Barbados: a prospective, qualitative study of stakeholder perceptions
Medical tourism is a global health practice where patients travel internationally with the intention of receiving medical services. A range of low, middle, and high income countries are encouraging investment ...
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Open Access“You’re dealing with an emotionally charged individual…”: an industry perspective on the challenges posed by medical tourists’ informal caregiver-companions
Patients engage in medical tourism when they privately obtain a medical care abroad. Previous research shows that many medical tourists travel abroad with friends and family members who provide support and ass...
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Open Access“Do your homework…and then hope for the best”: the challenges that medical tourism poses to Canadian family physicians’ support of patients’ informed decision-making
Medical tourism—the practice where patients travel internationally to privately access medical care—may limit patients’ regular physicians’ abilities to contribute to the informed decision-making process. We a...
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Open AccessKnowledge brokers, companions, and navigators: a qualitative examination of informal caregivers’ roles in medical tourism
Many studies examining the phenomena of medical tourism have identified health equity issues associated with this global health services practice. However, there is a notable lack of attention in this existing...
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Open AccessPromoting social responsibility amongst health care users: medical tourists’ perspectives on an information sheet regarding ethical concerns in medical tourism
Medical tourists, persons that travel across international borders with the intention to access non-emergency medical care, may not be adequately informed of safety and ethical concerns related to the practice...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Migration of Health Personnel and Brain Drain
Within global bioethics, global inequities in terms of life expectancy, morbidity, and the distribution of health resources have been identified as areas of serious ethical concern. These inequities are caused...
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Open Access“I knew what was going to happen if I did nothing and so I was going to do something”: Faith, hope, and trust in the decisions of Canadians with multiple sclerosis to seek unproven interventions abroad
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment is an unproven intervention aimed at relieving some of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Despite limited evidence of the efficacy and safety ...
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Open Access“It Was the Best Decision of My Life”: a thematic content analysis of former medical tourists’ patient testimonials
Medical tourism is international travel with the intention of receiving medical care. Medical tourists travel for many reasons, including cost savings, limited domestic access to specific treatments, and inter...
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Open Access“Best care on home ground” versus “elitist healthcare”: concerns and competing expectations for medical tourism development in Barbados
Many countries have demonstrated interest in expanding their medical tourism sectors because of its potential economic and health system benefits. However, medical tourism poses challenges to the equitable dis...
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Open Access“You don’t want to lose that trust that you’ve built with this patient…”: (Dis)trust, medical tourism, and the Canadian family physician-patient relationship
Recent trends document growth in medical tourism, the private pursuit of medical interventions abroad. Medical tourism introduces challenges to decision-making that impact and are impacted by the physician-pat...
