" You're dealing with an emotionally charged individual..." : An industry perspective on the challenges posed by medical tourists' informal caregiver-companions

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Casey, Victoria ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Snyder, Jeremy ^a   Turner, Leigh ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal caregiving; International health care; International patient coordinators; Medical tourism; Patient

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER COMPANION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNATIONAL PATIENT COORDINATOR; MEDICAL TOURISM; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRESS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; CAREGIVER; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; FRIENDS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880897169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-31     Document Type: Article

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