A ROBUST, PARTICULARIST ETHICAL ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL TOURISM

ABSTRACT Recently, in increasing numbers, citizens of wealthy nations are heading to poorer countries for medical care. They are traveling to the global South as medical tourists because in their home nations either they cannot get timely medical care or they cannot afford needed treatments. This es...

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Published in:Developing world bioethics 2011-04, Vol.11 (1), p.16-29
Main Author: MEGHANI, ZAHRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Ethics
Federal Government
Health care
Health Care Costs - trends
Health Care Sector - ethics
Health Care Sector - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Care Sector - trends
Health Services Accessibility - ethics
Humans
India
Insurance Coverage - economics
Insurance, Health - economics
Medical care
medical tourism
Medical Tourism - ethics
Medical Tourism - trends
Medical treatment
neoliberalism
Politics
Population Dynamics
Poverty
Tourism
Travel
United States
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Summary:ABSTRACT Recently, in increasing numbers, citizens of wealthy nations are heading to poorer countries for medical care. They are traveling to the global South as medical tourists because in their home nations either they cannot get timely medical care or they cannot afford needed treatments. This essay offers a robust, particularist ethical assessment of the practice of citizens of richer nations traveling to poorer countries for healthcare.
ISSN:1471-8731
1471-8847
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00282.x