Claiming ‘cultural competence’: The promotion of multi-ethnic Malaysia as a medical tourism destination

Medical Tourism: The Ethics, Regulation, and Marketing of Health Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-200

  Ormond, Meghann ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84917401914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109458     Document Type: Chapter

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