En route: Transport and Embodiment in International Medical Travel Journeys Between Indonesia and Malaysia

Mobilities

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 285-303

  Ormond, Meghann ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

air and land transport; international medical travel; medical tourism; private healthcare consumption; risk; therapeutic landscapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922762906     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2013.857812     Document Type: Article

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