Symposium on the Implications of Medical Tourism for Canadian
Health and Health Policy
A global industry of medical tourism and cross-border health care is emerging the world over, due to mixture of motives. Patients faced with significant waiting lists or high costs of treatment for care that they need seek it in other countries where treatment is readily available and/or reasonably priced. For hospitals and clinics in less developed countries receiving these patients, their treatment brings in important revenue and hard currency. The era of globalization with freer movement of individuals and services for hire, including health care, has effectively made medical tourism more accessible. In short, medical tourism and cross-border health care appears to be a growing issue for Canadians and Canadian health policy makers. This symposium will address the diverse issues arising from medical tourism and cross-border health care.
The Symposium on the Implications of Medical Tourism for Canadian Health and Health Policy
When: Friday, November 13th, 2009, 9am Where: The Novotel Hotel
Readings available
Presentations available
Alsharif, Medical Tourism in China, India, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates
Blouin, WTO Commitments in Health Related Services
Crooks, An Ethics Approach to Canadians Decision Making in Medical Tourism
Deonandan, Ethical Principles and Issues Associated with Reproductive Tourism
Hadi, Globalization, Medical Tourism and Health Equity
Hopkins, A Broad Review of Exisiting Knowledge
Packer, Medical Tourism: the Canadian Context
Smith and Behrmann, Reproductive Tourism in Argentina
Turner, Mediacal tourism, Kidney Selling, and Vulnerable Populations
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