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Medical tourism in developing countries

Title
Medical tourism in developing countries / Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman.
Author
Bookman, Milica Zarkovic.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Additional Authors
Bookman, Karla R.
Description
xi, 245 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Medical tourism > Developing countries
  • Health Services Accessibility > economics
  • Developing Countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction to medical tourism -- 2. Plastic surgery is not peanuts : economic growth and dependency -- 3. Offshore doctors : the demand for medical tourism -- 4. Would you like a safari with your lasik surgery? : the supply of medical tourism -- 5. Promoting medical tourism : the advantages -- 6. Promoting medical tourism : the obstacles -- 7. Inequalities in health care and the role of macroeconomic policy.
ISBN
  • 0230600050 (alk. paper)
  • 9780230600058 (alk. paper)
  • 0230600069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780230600065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007060050
OCLC
  • ocm80181347
  • 80181347
  • SCSB-8856006
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries