Ethics without Boundaries: Medical Tourism

Principles of Health Care Ethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 505-510

  Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Health care; Justice; Reproductive tourism; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952351996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470510544.ch69     Document Type: Chapter

References (23)

1. Baeten R. The proposal for a directive on services in the internal market applied to health care. Paper prepared for the public hearing in the European Parliament, 11 November 2004; http://www.ose.be.
2. Bauer K. Distributive justice and rural healthcare: a case for ehealth. Int J Appl Philos 2003; 17: 241-52.
3. Castle DJ, Honigman RJ, Phillips KA. Does cosmetic surgery improve psychosocial well being? Med J Austr 2002; 176: 601-4.
4. Chanda R. Trade in health services. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80: 158-63.
5. Chinai R, Goswani R. Are we ready for medical tourism? The Hindu, 17/04/2005; http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/04/17/stories/2005041700060100.htm.
6. Commission of the European Communities. Follow-up to the high level reflection process on patient mobility and healthcare developments in the European Union. Brussels: Commission of the European Communities, 2004.
7. Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. Globalization and Canada's Healthcare System. Policy dialogue no. 11, 2002; http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/pdf/romanow/pdfs/Dialogue_11_Globalization_E.pdf.
8. Daniels N, Bryant J, Castano RA, Dantes OG, Khan KS, Pannarunothai S. Benchmarks of fairness for health care reform: a policy tool for developing countries. Bull World Health Organ 2000; 78: 740-50.
9. Daniels N. Is there a right to health care and, if so, what does it encompass? In: Kuhse H, Singer P, eds. A Companion to Bioethics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998; pp. 41-8.
10. Fornasiero C. Turismo procreativo: fotografia di una realtà. In:CECOS Italy ed. Conferenza stampa. Turismo procreativo:fotografia di una realtà. Rome, May 25 2005; http://www.cecos.it/conferenze/cf_250505.pdf.
11. Gonzales A, Brenzel L, Sancho J. Health tourism and related services:Caribbean development and international trade. Final report submitted to the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), 2001 http://www.crnm.org/documents/studies/RNM%20Health%20Study%20Final.pdf.
12. Hermans HEGM. Cross-border health care in the European Union:recent legal implications of Decker and Kohll. J Eval Clin Pract 2000; 6: 431-9.
13. Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg. Jaarrapportage 2002 van de Wet Afbreking Zwangerschap. Den Haag: Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg, 2003.
14. Janjaroen WS, Supakankunti S. International trade in health services in the millenium: the case of Thailand. In: World Health Organization, ed. Trade in Health Services, 2002; pp. 87-106.
15. Labonte R. Globalization, health, and the free trade regime: assessing the links. Perspect Global Dev Technol 2004; 3: 47-72.
16. Millns S. Reproducing inequalities: assisted conception and the challenge of legal pluralism. J Soc Welfare Family Law 2002; 24: 19-36.
17. Pennings G. Reproductive tourism as moral pluralism in motion. J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 337-41.
18. Planning Commission. National Human Development Report 2001. Government of India, 2002.
19. Rawls J. A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.
20. Schrecker T, Labonte R. Taming the brain drain: a challenge for public health systems in Southern Africa. Int J Occup Environ Health 2004; 10: 409-15.
21. UNCTAD Secretariat. International trade in health services: difficulties and opportunities for developing countries. In: UNCTAD-WHO, eds. International Trade in Health Services: A Developmental Perspective. Geneva: UNCTAD, 1998; pp. 3-28; http://www.ictsd.org/issarea/services/resources/Docs/WHO-UNCTAD1.pdf.
22. United Nations. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Report of the Expert Meeting on Strengthening the Capacity and Extending Exports of Developing Countries in the Services Sector: Health Services. Geneva: Trade and Development Board, 17-21 November 1997.
23. Vellinga J. International trade, health systems and services:a health policy perspective. In: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, ed. Trade Policy Research 2001, 2001; pp. 137-87; http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/eet/pdf/07-en.pdf.