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“You’re dealing with an emotionally charged individual…”: an industry perspective on the challenges posed by medical tourists’ informal caregiver-companions

BACKGROUND: Patients engage in medical tourism when they privately obtain a medical care abroad. Previous research shows that many medical tourists travel abroad with friends and family members who provide support and assistance. Meanwhile, very little is known about this important stakeholder group...

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Autores principales: Casey, Victoria, Crooks, Valorie A, Snyder, Jeremy, Turner, Leigh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23889860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-9-31