Sun, surgery and cyberspace: The role of the internet in the rise of medical tourism

Biomedical Knowledge Management: Infrastructures and Processes for E-Health Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 217-231

  Eades, Jerry S ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84888364861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-266-4.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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