Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

M. Bookman

ISBN 10: 1349369411 / ISBN 13: 9781349369416

Editore: Palgrave Macmillan 2015-11-19, 2015

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Titolo: Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan 2015-11-19

Data di pubblicazione: 2015

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

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Riassunto:

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 potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market.

Informazioni sull?autore:

MILICA ZARKOVIC BOOKMAN is Professor of Economics at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, USA. She is the author of nine books, including Tourists, Migrants and Refugees as well as The Demographic Struggle for Power. She is the recipient of the Tengelmann Award for excellence in research.

KARLA R. BOOKMAN is a recent graduate of Columbia Law School, USA, and has completed internships with the World Intellectual Property Organization and a judge in the Southern District of New York. She is currently a litigator at a New York firm.