Scholarly Journal Articles

Sociology

Aizura, A. (2009). Where health and beauty meet: Femininity and racialisation in Thai cosmetic surgery clinics. Asian Studies Review, 33(3), 303-317. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357820903153707

Bezruchka, S. (2000). Medical tourism as medical harm in the third world: why, for whom? Wilderness Environmental Medicine, 11(2), 77-78. https://doi.org/10.1580/1080-6032(2000)011[0077:mtamht]2.3.co;2

Carden, A., & Courtemanche, C. (2009). Wal-mart, leisure, and culture. Contemporary Economic Policy, 27(4), 450-461. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00167.x

Chiang, E. P., & Assane, D. (2009). Estimating the willingness to pay for digital music. Contemporary Economic Policy, 27(4), 512-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00152.x

Cook, P. (2008). What is health and medical tourism? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2008.

Dalstrom, M. (2013). Medical travel facilitators: Connecting patients and providers in a globalized world. Anthropology and Medicine, 20(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2012.747592

Dann, G. M. S. (1981). Tourist motivation: An appraisal. Annals of Tourism Research, 8(2), 187-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-7383(81)90082-7

Edmonds, A. (2011). Almost invisible scars: Medical tourism to Brazil. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 36(2), 297-302. https://doi.org/10.1086/655909

Esiyok, B., Çakar, M., & Kurtulmuşoğlu, F. B. (2017). The effect of cultural distance on medical tourism. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 6(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2016.03.001

Forero-Quintana, A. & Grineski, S. E. (2012). Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in the U.S.-Mexico border region: A health narratives approach. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 30, 45-65. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-4959(2012)0000030005

Hassan, N. A., & Hemdi, M. A. (2016). The influence of destination image on medical tourist’s intention for future destination choice. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 1(1), 178-185. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.214

Jenner, E. (2008). Unsettled borders of care: Medical tourism as a new dimension in America's health care crisis. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 26, 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0275-4959(08)26011-4

Kangas, B. (2011). Complicating common ideas about medical tourism: Gender, class, and globality in Yemenis’ international medical travel. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 36(2), 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1086/655912

Mathijsen, A. (2019). Home, sweet home? Understanding diasporic medical tourism behaviour. Exploratory research of Polish immigrants in Belgium. Tourism Management, 72, 373-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.12.009

Nolan, J. M., & Schneider, M. J. (2011). Medical tourism in the backcountry: Alternative health and healing in the Arkansas Ozarks. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 36(2), 319-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/655911

Roberts, E. F. S., & Scheper-Hughes, N. (2011). Introduction: Medical migrations. Body & Society, 17(2-3), 1-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357034X11400925

Runnels, V., & Carrera, P. (2012). Why do patients engage in medical tourism? Maturitas, 73(4), 300-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.08.011

Sengupta, A. (2011). Medical tourism: Reverse subsidy for the elite. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 36(2), 312-319. https://doi.org/10.1086/655910

Skalkidis, Y. (1996). Are operative delivery procedures in Greece socially conditioned? International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 8(2), 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/8.2.159

Skountridaki, L. (2015). The internationalization of healthcare and business aspirations of medical professionals. Sociology, 49(3), 471-487. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514535863

Soliman, M. S. A., & Abou-Shouk, M. A. (2017). Predicting behavioural intention of international tourists towards geotours. Geoheritage, 9(4), 505-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-016-0200-5

Suess, C., Baloglu, S., & Busser, J. A. (2018). Perceived impacts of medical tourism development on community wellbeing. Tourism Management, 69, 232-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.006

Thompson, C. (2011). Medical migrations afterward: Science as a vacation? Body & Society, 17(2-3), 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X11405549

Timmermans, S. & Oh, H. (2010). The continued social transformation of the medical profession. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1), S94-S106. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146510383500

Turner, L. (2007). First world health care at third world prices: globalization, bioethics and medical tourism. BioSocieties, 2(3), 303-325. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1745855207005765

Turner, L. (2008). Cross-border dental care: ‘Dental tourism’ and patient mobility. British Dental Journal, 204, 553-554. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.403

Webster, N. J. (2011). Medicare knowledge and health service utilization among older adults. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 29, 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-4959(2011)0000029014

Webster, N. J. (2010). Medicare and racial disparities in health: Fee-for-service versus managed care. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 28, 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-4959(2010)0000028005

Wilson, A. (2011). Foreign bodies and national scales: Medical tourism in Thailand. Body & Society, 17(2-3), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X11400923

Whittaker, A. (2010). Challenges of medical travel to global regulation: A case study of reproductive travel in Asia. Global Social Policy, 10(3), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018110379981

Whittaker, A., Manderson, L. & Cartwright, E. (2010). Patients without borders: Understanding medical travel. Medical Anthropology, 29(4), 336-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2010.501318

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