Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and ... surgery

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1093-1100

  Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Economics; Health; Medicine; Tourism

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PRIVATIZATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33746326777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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