Travel for treatment: Students' perspective on medical tourism

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 510-522

  Reddy, Sumanth G ^a   York, Valerie K ^b   Brannon, Laura A ^b  

^a Criminal Justice and Applied Social and Political Sciences Department   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American undergraduate students; Health tourism; Medical tourism; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENT; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956905640     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.769     Document Type: Article

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