Hundreds of businesses and clinics in the United States are engaged in direct-to-consumer
marketing of unproven and unlicensed stem cell–based interventions. This essay provides …

Health and medical tourism: a kill or cure for global public health? | Emerald Insight Books and
journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced search Health …

Aim: To determine whether increased scrutiny of 'stem cell tourism 'has resulted in changes
to online claims by clinics that provide putative unproven stem cell treatments. Materials & …

The recent growth of so‐called stem cell tourism reflects the high optimism that currently
surrounds stem cell science. Stem cell treatments for various conditions are increasingly …

Medicine, health care, and the wider social meaning and management of health are
undergoing major changes. In part this reflects developments in science and technology …

Social scientists have begun elucidating the variables that influence public trust in science,
yet little is known about hype in biotechnology and its effects on public trust. Many scholars …

Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of'hope'in
recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical …

Stem‐cell tourism and scientific responsibility: Stem‐cell researchers are in a unique position
to curb the problem of stem‐cell tourism: EMBO reports: Vol 12, No 10 All EMBO Press journals …

Stem cell tourism describes the Internet-based industry where in patients receive unproven
stem cell interventions. To better inform the public, several organizations provide …

Despite the increasing debate in literature on both tourism clusters and medical tourism, the
role played by the government in medical tourism clusters remains vastly unexplored. The …