Letter to the Editor

On the Ethics of Medical Tourism: An Examination of Patients' Perspectives

Flanigan BE (2009). Medical Tourism – Consum¬ers in Search of Value. Available from: http://medicaltourismintur-key.org/panel/Panel1/3Deloitte.pdf

Sankaranarayanan G (2005). Medical tourism is be-coming a common form of vacationing. Ex¬press Healthcare Management. Mar 1–15. Available from http://www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com/20050315/medicaltourism02.shtml.

Horowitz MD, Rosensweig JA, Jones CA (2007). Medical tourism: globalization of the healthcare marketplace. MedGenMed, 9(4), 33.

Sarwar A. (2013). Medical Tourism in Malaysia: Pro-spect and Challenges. Iran J Public Health, 42(8), 795-805.

Crooks VA, Turner L, Cohen IG, et al. (2013). Ethi-cal and legal implications of the risks of medical tourism for patients: a qualitative study of Canadi-an health and safety representatives’ perspectives. BMJ Open, 3, e002302. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002302.

Padma P, Rajendran C, Sai LP (2009). A concep¬tual framework of service quality in healthcare Perspec-tives of Indian patients and their at¬tendants. Bench-marking Int J, 16(2), 157-91.

Carman KL, Dardess P, Maurer M, Sofaer S, Ad¬ams K, Bechtel C, Sweeney J (2013). Patient and Family Engagement: A Framework for Understanding the Elements and Developing Interventions and Policies. Health Aff (Millwood), 32(2), 223-31.

NaRanong A, NaRanong V (2011). The effects of medical tourism: Thailand’s experience. Bull World Health Organ, 89, 336-44.

Bernabeo E, Holmboe ES (2013). Patients, Pro¬viders, and Systems Need to Acquire a Specific Set of Competencies to Achieve Truly Patient-Centered Care. Health Aff (Millwood), 32(2), 250-58.

Files
IssueVol 45 No 5 (2016) QRcode
SectionLetter to the Editor

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
How to Cite
1.
SARWAR A, YONG GUN FIE D, MHD SARIF S, NIKHSHEMI SR. On the Ethics of Medical Tourism: An Examination of Patients’ Perspectives. Iran J Public Health. 2016;45(5):688-689.