Towards a model of sustainable health destination management based on health regions

Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 240-255

  Mainil, Tomas ^a   Dinnie, Keith ^a   Botterill, David ^b,c   Platenkamp, Vincent ^a   Van Loon, Francis ^d   Meulemans, Herman ^d  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84996968356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137338495     Document Type: Chapter

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