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Analysis of Medical Tourism for Cardiovascular Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Increasing costs of treatments have led to the apparition of the medical tourism. Patients in high-income countries seek to solve their health problems in developing countries where the cost of medical treatment is much lower.
Andrei, Catalina Liliana   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Sustainable Development, Environmental Certification and the Financial Performance of the Road Passenger Transportation Sector

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the framework of sustainable development and environmental policy, environmental certification is regarded as a mechanism through which road passenger transport companies (RPTCs) could mitigate their adverse environmental impacts and attain competitive advantages that may enhance their financial performance.
Jose Antonio Cavero‐Rubio   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpine ungulates adjust diel activity to the natural return of wolves amid anthropogenic pressures

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
As wolves recolonise their historical range across Europe, ungulates face predation once more – but in landscapes profoundly altered by human activity. This shift raises crucial questions about their capacity to express adaptive antipredator behaviours.
Charlotte Vanderlocht   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Health Tourism On Tourism Development in Kerala State: An Evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Varkala is a tourist hub in Trivandrum in Kerala, India which has high inflow of visitors among other places in Kerala. The place possesses more than 100 resorts in which majority provides Ayurvedic spa and treatment to the customers. Health and medical
Mariswamy, H.K., Saranya, T.
core  

How Do Citizens Respond to Government Measures in Times of Crisis? Narrative Meaning‐Making of Agency, Responsibility, and Compliance During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Ecuador

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citizens’ responses to policies depend on narrative meaning‐making. Through the lens of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ecuador, this study addresses calls for increased insights into how processes of responding to government measures function during societal crises and ruptures.
Ella Marie Sandbakken
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2023
Introduction: Health tourism is an organized trip from one's living environment to another place, which is done in order to maintain, improve and regain physical and mental health.
Mohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi   +3 more
doaj  

Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Among Community Kitchens in Lebanon: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Community kitchen managers in Lebanon demonstrated positive attitudes but insufficient knowledge and perceptions regarding food safety. Targeted training programs are urgently needed to improve critical control practices and reduce foodborne illness risks across the country.
Samer A. Kharroubi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Not a Single Leaf Is Meant to be Taken With You”: Conservation Motivations and Belief Systems in a Khasi Sacred Landscape of Meghalaya, India “一片叶子都不许带走”:印度梅加拉亚邦卡西族神圣景观中的保护动机与信仰体系

open access: yesIntegrative Conservation, EarlyView.
This study examines the Mawphlang Sacred Forest in Meghalaya as a culturally embedded model of community‐led conservation. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it highlights how spiritual reverence, sacred taboos, and ancestral authority shape ecological stewardship, complementing formal governance systems.
Mrinal Saikia
wiley   +1 more source

Medical tourism: investigating the tourism potential of the medical cosmetic market. [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2016
Medical tourism has become the trademark of many destinations. Global literature suggests that cosmetic surgery, as a component of medical tourism, provides an opportunity for developing countries to stimulate tourism and related industries. Although the
Lehlohonolo Gibson Mokoena   +1 more
doaj  

Gaming can be sustainable too! Using Social Representation Theory to examine the moderating effects of tourism diversification on residents' tax paying behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tourism authorities in the Las Vegas region have suggested the diversification of the tourism industry as a strategy to improve the vitality of rural communities outside of the metropolitan area. The present study uses Social Representation Theory as the
Mody, Makarand, Suess, Courtney
core   +1 more source

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