Patients without borders: Understanding medical travel

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-343

  Whittaker, Andrea ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^b   Cartwright, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health system; Medical travel; Trade in health services

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TOURISM;

HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM;

EID: 78549278142     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2010.501318     Document Type: Editorial

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