Therapeutic journeys: The hopeful travails of stem cell tourists

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 670-685

  Petersen, Alan ^a   Seear, Kate ^b   Munsie, Megan ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hope; Medical tourism; Patient experience; Risk; Stem cell tourism

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84903548682     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12092     Document Type: Article

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