Traveling for medical care in a global world

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-362

  Kangas, Beth ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Medical commons; Medical marketplace; Medical tourism; Models; Terminology; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YEMEN;

ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 78549274797     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2010.501315     Document Type: Article

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