Beyond sun, sand, and stitches: Assigning responsibility for the harms of medical tourism

Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Snyder, Jeremy ^a   Crooks, Valorie ^a   Johnston, Rory ^a   Kingsbury, Paul ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health Services trade; Health Tourism; Liability; Medical Tourism; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL TOURISM; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84878110215     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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