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“Ensure that you are well aware of the risks you are taking…”: actions and activities medical tourists’ informal caregivers can undertake to protect their health and safety
BACKGROUND: When seeking care at international hospitals and clinics, medical tourists are often accompanied by family members, friends, or other caregivers. Such caregiver-companions assume a variety of roles and responsibilities and typically offer physical assistance, provide emotional support, a...
Autores principales: | Crooks, Valorie A., Whitmore, Rebecca, Snyder, Jeremy, Turner, Leigh |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5440913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28532482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4442-1 |
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