Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the
policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on …

The market for cosmetic surgery tourism is growing with an increase in people travelling
abroad for cosmetic surgery. While the reasons for seeking cosmetic surgery abroad may …

Health and medical tourism is considered one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism
industry. Recently, research on health resorts has been gaining academic attention in …

Background Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many
instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can …

Background Cosmetic tourism has become increasingly popular despite many associated
risks. The economic impact of atypical mycobacterial infections in cosmetic tourism is poorly …

Background Universal health coverage (UHC) is difficult to achieve in settings short of
medicines, health workers and health facilities. These characteristics define the majority of …

Background The resolution adopted in 2006 by the World Health Organization on
international trade and health urges Member States to understand the implications of …

Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide problem. The antibiotic resistance crisis has been
attributed to the overuse and misuse of these medications, as well as a lack of new drug …

This paper draws on an anthropological perspective on social security to explore the
complex ways in which Czech-and Slovak-speaking migrants living in Glasgow negotiated …

Medical tourism emerged when people were challenged with high costs and slow service in
medical care. As a consequence of these issues, people started to look for medical …