Clinical ethics: medical tourism in children

Decisions to seek treatment abroad are made privately by parents and usually uncontested by National Health Service (NHS) staff, despite some high-profile court cases. Treatment abroad often lacks continuity of care, with variable (or absent) sharing of medical information between countries if there...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2021-12, Vol.106 (12), p.1143-1144
Main Authors: Birchley, Giles, Linney, Mike, Turner, Stephen W, Wilkinson, Dominic
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Adults
Autism
Child
Children & youth
Continuity of care
Courts
Crowdfunding
Decision making
Editorial
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Evidence
Funds
Global health
Health care
Health services
Humans
Intensive care
Medical ethics
Medical Services
Medical tourism
Medical Tourism - ethics
Medical treatment
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Negligence
Ostomy
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
Planning
Professional ethics
Tourism
Tracheotomy
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Autism
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Children & youth
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Courts
Crowdfunding
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Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Evidence
Funds
Global health
Health care
Health services
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Negligence
Ostomy
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Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
Planning
Professional ethics
Tourism
Tracheotomy
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