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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...
Autores principales: | Casey, Victoria, Crooks, Valorie A, Snyder, Jeremy, Turner, Leigh |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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