Medical Tourism: Historical Foundations, Current Contexts, and Emerging Trends

Author:   Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032986005


Pages:   112
Publication Date:   28 March 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Medical Tourism: Historical Foundations, Current Contexts, and Emerging Trends


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Author:   Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781032986005


ISBN 10:   103298600
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   28 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part I: Foundation and Evolution in Medical Tourism 1. Medical Travel—A Critical Assessment 2. Medical Tourism: The Newest of Niches 3. Traditional Medical Practices and Information Technology A Study on Customer Relationship Management in Ayurveda Tourism 4. Health and Tourism: A Conceptual Shift 5. Tourism and Health: Current Issues and Future Concerns Part II: Medical Tourism in Context 6. Medical volunteers as accidental tourists: humanitarianism and the European refugee crisis. 7. Pet attachment, experiential satisfaction and experiential loyalty in medical tourism for pets. 8. Terminal illness and tourism: a review of current literature and directions for future research 9. Tourism and final wish making: the discourse of terminal illness and travel Part III: Insights and Trends in Global Medical Tourism 10. Taking your Life into your own Hands? New Trends in European Health Tourism 11. Is adventure tourism therapeutic? 12. Elderly Travellers and Health. Tourism Recreation Research

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Tzung- Cheng (TC) Huan is Professor at National Chiayi University, Taiwan. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Recreation Research and a member of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) Panel of Tourism Experts. He has been honored by the 2011– 2012 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, the 2013, 2017 and 2018 Emerald Literati Awards and the 2018 Publons Peer Review Award.

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