Medical Tourism in Kolkata, Eastern India

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rai, Anu (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
• Θέματα: Health economics.; Medical geography.; Economic geography.; Social medicine.; Human geography.; Health Economics.; Medical Geography.; Economic Geography.; Medical Sociology.; Human Geography.

This book examines the global influence and scope of medical tourism with an emphasis on the city of Kolkata in Eastern India as an emerging destination at the regional scale. Through a geographical research perspective, the book discusses the importance of the phenomenon of medical tourism includin...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1-Medical tourism: an introduction
• Chapter 2-Materials, methods and study design
• Chapter 3-Kolkata: a medical tourism destination in Eastern India
• Chapter 4-Medical tourism facilities in Kolkata
• Chapter 5-Mediators in Kolkata medical tourism industry
• Chapter 6-Medical tourists in Kolkata
• Chapter 7-Evaluating guest-host relationship in medical tourism industry
• Chapter 8-Development versus risk in medical tourism: an assessment
• Chapter 9-Management of medical tourism in Kolkata: strategies and evaluation
• Chapter 10-Summary and conclusion.