Traveling to Mexico for routine healthcare can be convenient and affordable – but the cues patients rely on to judge quality of care may differ in important ways.
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ALS is a progressive and fatal neurological disorder with no known cure. A new clinic offering treatment raises alarms about exploiting those living with ALS.
Although symbolically visible in some places across the continent, Turkey’s presence remains a work in progress.
Hair today, gone tomorrow? Not with the latest transplant procedures – but what are the risks?
An inhaler that costs nearly $300 in the US goes for just $9 in Germany. What gives?
While gender-affirming health care is essential to the well-being of trans people, access to quality services varies significantly by geographic region and social context.
China’s industrial-scale organ trafficking practice has been executing prisoners of conscience and using their organs for transplantation for decades. This is known as forced organ harvesting.
To reverse brain drain, the government should create a conducive environment for investment that will ensure employment opportunities
When it comes to seeking out stem cell treatments for joint injuries, buyer beware. These so-called miracle treatments are often scams, so it vital for patients to discuss options with a physician.
Informal caregivers play a vital role in medical tourism yet find themselves unprotected as “shadow workers” in a multi-billion dollar industry.
Thousands of North Americans travel to Mexico to eat, drink, shop and get cheap and fast dental care. Meanwhile, local populations suffer racism, poor working conditions and inadequate health care.
Health care systems in many African countries are very poor. Instead of fixing them, many African leaders seek medical attention abroad incurring huge bills which are ultimately paid by taxpayers.
Due to a lack of effective regulations, there is little oversight of “stem cell treatments” and the businesses that provide them.
All surgery is risky, so undergoing surgery in a foreign country adds to those risks.
Jeremy Hunt believes that NHS England could increase its income from EU ‘health tourists’ fivefold without too much effort.
Once thought to be a problem only in poorly regulated jurisdictions overseas, unproven stem cell treatments are increasingly being offered in Australia. Now, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA…
Medical tourism is the practice of seeking medical care across international borders. Countries with established medical sectors like the US, Europe, India and Thailand have been traditional destinations…
Medical tourism is often associated with an image of sun, sand and surgery; patients travelling mostly from rich countries in the global North to exotic destinations for medical treatments at a lower cost…
Stem cell tourism is when people travel to another country to receive treatments unavailable to them at home. It exists chiefly because most stem cell “treatments” are unproven and not readily available…
When Thomas Cook launched the first group tours to Scotland’s Trossachs in 1846, the attraction was to see the mythical land featured in Sir Walter Scott’s famous poem The Lady of the Lake, written in…
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Strategy & IB, University of Bath
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Lecturer Health Systems Economics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Gender Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia
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Professor of Law and Government, Durham University, Durham University
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Professor of Planned Events, Queen Margaret University
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Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
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Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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Research Fellow in Sociology, Monash University
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Clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science