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Medical tourism = breakthroughs in research and practice /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Medical tourism/ Information Resources Management Association, editors.
Reminder of title:	breakthroughs in research and practice /
Published:	Hershey, Pennsylvania :IGI Global, : [2018],
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 378 p.)
Subject:	Medical tourism. -
Online resource:	http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-3920-9
ISBN:	9781522539216 (ebook)

Medical tourism = breakthroughs in research and practice /
Medical tourismbreakthroughs in research and practice /[electronic resource] :Information Resources Management Association, editors. - Hershey, Pennsylvania :IGI Global,[2018] - 1 online resource (ix, 378 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Global medical tourism: a review -- Chapter 2. Travel for treatment: patients perspective on medical tourism -- Chapter 3. Customer-perceived value of medical tourism -- Chapter 4. Best "experience" practices in medical tourism -- Chapter 5. Medical nomads: an emerging arm of medical tourism -- Chapter 6. Cross-border medical care and telemedicine -- Chapter 7. Reproductive medicine and medical tourism -- Chapter 8. Health tourism-based destination marketing -- Chapter 9. The role of social media for knowledge dissemination in medical tourism: a case of India -- Chapter 10. From amusement and entertainment tourism to balneotherapy and health promotion tourism: with the aid of medical electronics and communication networks in hot spring sites of Japan -- Chapter 11. The impact of social influence, information quality and online forum features on the credibility of doctors and hospitals for medical tourism services -- Chapter 12. The role of medical tourism in emerging markets -- Chapter 13. The impact of social network on italian users' behavioural intention for the choice of a medical tourist destination -- Chapter 14. Halal branding for medical tourism: case of Indian hospitals -- Chapter 15. Role of Internet in the development of medical tourism service in Tunisia -- Chapter 16. Empirical analysis on the medical tourism policy in Taiwan -- Chapter 17. The medical tourism industry in the Bric nations: an Indian analysis -- Chapter 18. The emerging markets of the Asian Region -- Chapter 19. Health tourism in Iran.

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on trends, practices, and emerging phenomena of international travel by patients for medical treatment and examines the benefits and challenges of these services. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as hospitality management, reproductive medicine, and ethical considerations"--

ISBN: 9781522539216 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

633537
Medical tourism.

LC Class. No.: RA793.5 / .M432 2018e

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1

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