Affective journeys: The emotional structuring of medical tourism in India

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Solomon, Harris ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; caregiving; corporate hospitals; India; medical tourism; medical travel; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; INDIA; MEDICAL TOURISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM;

EID: 79956288039     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2010.525878     Document Type: Article

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