Globalization and reproductive tourism in the United Arab Emirates

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a   Shrivastav, Pankaj ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gynaecology and Fertility Hospital ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; globalization; infertility; reproductive tourism; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONCEPTION; FINANCE; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; TOURISM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFERTILITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TOURISM; NOMENCLATURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77953830337     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510373007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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