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Medical Tourism (See Health Tourism)
2021One of the consequences of globalization is mobility as clearly demonstrated in the field of healthcare with health professionals migrating from developing countries to the developed world. Furthermore, patients from developed countries are increasingly seeking medical treatment in developing countries. Such medical tourism is actively promoted in some
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International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of tourists’ needs for healing experience (NHE) on behavioral intentions for transformation (BIT) with healing involvement (HI) as a mediator. Using the two sub-constructs of BIT in the tourism industry (i.e.
Jae Yeon Yang +3 more
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of tourists’ needs for healing experience (NHE) on behavioral intentions for transformation (BIT) with healing involvement (HI) as a mediator. Using the two sub-constructs of BIT in the tourism industry (i.e.
Jae Yeon Yang +3 more
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Travel Health and Health Tourism: A Perspective of the Subject of Tourism
2011The emphasis on travel health and health tourism shows a historic progress in tourism, which is the focus of tourism development under the post-modern society and post-tourism era, and as well as the mirror of the idea of Humanism in tourism. When the forms of tourism evolve from traditional ones, such as sightseeing tour and cultural tour, to health ...
Jian Li +4 more
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Health tourism in a Czech health spa
Anthropology & Medicine, 2011This paper is about the changing shape of health tourism in a Czech spa town. The research focuses on balneotherapy as a traditional Czech healing technique, which involves complex drinking and bathing therapies, as it is increasingly being incorporated into the development of a Czech health tourism industry.
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Beyond the rhetoric of health tourism: shedding light on the reality of health tourism in Italy
Current Issues in Tourism, 2019Health tourism is attracting the growing interest of scholars and practitioners; however, little is still known about its distinguishing attributes and implications.
Ciasullo Maria V. +3 more
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The Role of Health Tourism Travel Agencies in Health Tourism
Bulletin of the International University of Tourism and Hospitalityn today's world, health tourism is rapidly gaining popularity. Patients travel internationally to access various healthcare services and treatments, such as medical procedures, cosmetic surgery, dental care, thermal tourism, and spa-wellness services.
E. Turk, Y. Ari, A. Shokparov
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2014
The World Health Organization defines health as a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease. Despite this, until recently most research linking health and tourism was concerned with the health risks. Medical investigators have tracked the epidemiology of tourism-related disease and the incidence and ...
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The World Health Organization defines health as a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease. Despite this, until recently most research linking health and tourism was concerned with the health risks. Medical investigators have tracked the epidemiology of tourism-related disease and the incidence and ...
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A Back and Forth Between Tourism and Health
2022Health is an often-overlooked issue in the touristic development of territories. However, the recent pandemic linked to Covid-19, by bringing the tourism sector to a halt, has revealed the importance of health issues for this economic sector.This book deals with the interaction between tourism and health in all its facets and offers a complete overview
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Professional Case Management, 2015
Health care tourism is often a preplanned event carefully laying out all the details. Sometimes, when one least expects it, medical care is needed outside of the mainland. This Editorial speaks to an unplanned experience.
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Health care tourism is often a preplanned event carefully laying out all the details. Sometimes, when one least expects it, medical care is needed outside of the mainland. This Editorial speaks to an unplanned experience.
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2009
Geothermal springs constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a recognised value in treatments beneficial for health and wellness, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the natural environment.
Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia, Cooper, Malcolm
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Geothermal springs constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a recognised value in treatments beneficial for health and wellness, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the natural environment.
Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia, Cooper, Malcolm
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