Narratives of emotion and anxiety in medical tourism: On state of the heart and larry’s kidney

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-378

  Kingsbury, Paul ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Snyder, Jeremy ^a   Johnston, Rory ^a   Adams, Krystyna ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; China; Emotional geography; India; Medical tourism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; TOURISM;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84866862549     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.683807     Document Type: Article

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