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Patients with passports : medical tourism, law and ethics / I. Glenn Cohen.

Author/creator Cohen, I. Glenn author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxxvi, 498 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Medical tourism--Law and legislation.
Medical tourism--Moral and ethical aspects.
Contents An introduction to the medical tourism industry -- Quality and information -- Legal liability -- Medical tourism through private health insurance -- Medical tourism through public health insurance : the EU model and beyond -- Medical tourism's effects on the destination country : an empirical and ethical examination -- Transplant tourism -- Medical tourism and ending life : travel for assisted suicide and abortion -- Medical tourism and the creation of life : a study of fertility tourism -- Medical tourism for experimental therapies : an in-depth exploration of stem cell therapy tourism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014011125
ISBN9780199975099 ((hardback) : alk. paper)
ISBN0199975094 ((hardback) : alk. paper)
ISBN9780190218188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0190218185 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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