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Definition of Medical tourism
1. Noun. (context: pejorative) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis. Shaywitz, D.A., & Ausiello, D.A. (2002). Global Health: A Chance for Western Physicians to Give - and Receive. ''The American Journal of Medicine'', 113, 354-357.Bezruchka, S. (2000). Medical Tourism as Medical Harm to the Third World: Why? For Whom? ''Wilderness and Environmental Medicine'', 11, 77-78.Roberts, M. (2006). Duffle Bag Medicine. ''Journal of the American Medical Association'', 295, 1491-1492.Pinto, A.D., & Upshur, R.E.G. (2009). Global Health Ethics for Students. ''Developing World Bioethics'', 9, 1-10.James, D. (1999). Going Global. ''The New Physician'', 48, online. Accessed 7 May 2009. [ Baraldi. "A harm in 'medical tourism.' The poor need lasting efforts to improve global health, not feel-good field trips." [ ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. September 25, 2009.. ¹
2. Noun. Travelling across international borders to obtain health careGahlinger, PM. The Medical Tourism Travel Guide: Your Complete Reference to Top-Quality, Low-Cost Dental, Cosmetic, Medical Care & Surgery Overseas. Sunrise River Press, 2008.. ¹
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