Medical tourism and medical tourists: providing a sustainable course to integrating health treatments with tourism
Glenn McCartney, Chu Feng Wang
Abstract
Medical tourism (MT) is an expanding multidisciplinary economic activity that combines the healthcare and tourist industries, with patients increasingly travelling worldwide for medical treatments. MT provides economic benefits to destinations while raising ethical, quality, informed and risk concerns for medical tourists. Greater cross-disciplinary studies and collaboration across sectors are advocated.
Topics & Concepts
Medical tourismMedicineTourismMultidisciplinary approachDestinationsHealth careMarketingQuality (philosophy)Sustainable tourismEconomic growthBusinessPolitical sciencePhilosophySociologyEpistemologyLawSocial scienceEconomicsGlobal Healthcare and Medical TourismDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchDiverse Scientific Research in Ukraine