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Medical tourism is the act of travelling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, preventive and surgical care. With high rising costs of health care, many people are not able to afford health insurance and cannot receive treatment for necessary or elective procedures. Travelling abroad costs 60 to 80 percent less than the same procedure in the US and includes the leisurely aspect of travelling in the foreign country. This book provides readers with an introductory overview of health and medical tourism, besides dental tourism. Identification of related destinations, the involved risks and rewards with respect to medical travel is discussed in detail. An attempt is made towards understanding medical tourism in all its dimensions. The book also gives some reflections on growth of medical tourism worldwide with an Indian perspective on future prospects of global medical tourism. The existing industry of medical tourism in North America, the health facilities and alternative healthcare in Barbados are described as case studies.
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Rajesh Kumar clearly knows his subject matter inside-out, and with perseverance, this book may be extremely useful for anyone wishing to understand medical tourism a little more fully. I haven't read any other books offering the level of detail as this one, which makes it all the more of a shame that the editors did not really do this publication justice. A proof-reader would have been very beneficial, as there are quite a lot of typographical errors. Also, the book itself, or at least my copy, is not produced to the level that I would expect for the price, with low quality paper, which, combined with the typos make the book come across as being less of an authority than it really is.
Global Trends in Health and Medical Tourism is more of a publication for the Medical Tourism professional, rather than for someone who is simply considering treatment abroad. As such, it goes into a great deal of detail into the impact of tourism, both positive and negative, upon communities. Another one of the other various publications would be more suitable for the prospective medical tourist.
It is a good book, I just would have like to seen slightly more attention to detail in the actual publication, as all of the information you might hope for is here!
Global Trends in Health and Medical Tourism is more of a publication for the Medical Tourism professional, rather than for someone who is simply considering treatment abroad. As such, it goes into a great deal of detail into the impact of tourism, both positive and negative, upon communities. Another one of the other various publications would be more suitable for the prospective medical tourist.
It is a good book, I just would have like to seen slightly more attention to detail in the actual publication, as all of the information you might hope for is here!
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