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Risk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: A thematic content analysis of canadian broker websites
BACKGROUND: Medical tourism, thought of as patients seeking non-emergency medical care outside of their home countries, is a growing industry worldwide. Canadians are amongst those engaging in medical tourism, and many are helped in the process of accessing care abroad by medical tourism brokers - a...
Autores principales: | Penney, Kali, Snyder, Jeremy, Crooks, Valorie A, Johnston, Rory |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21943392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-12-17 |
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