Hot topic: Medical tourism

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Reed, Christie M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957582988     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSN.0b013e3181f05bce     Document Type: Article

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