Medical Tourism and Inequity in India
The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4417-6 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4417-6 (ISBN)
In Medical Tourism & Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores the role of private hospitals in India in the global healthcare service supply chain. Smith examines the medical tourism industry, the commodification of the Indian healthcare system, and the local populations facing critical health issues.
In Medical Tourism & Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores Indian private hospitals and their role in the global healthcare service supply chain within various religious, social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts. Drawing on critical medical anthropology theories as well as health and human rights perspectives, Smith problematizes the assumed independence between the medical tourism industry, the commodification of the Indian healthcare system, and the local populations facing critical health issues, while highlighting the rapid transformation of healthcare services into merely another global commodity.
In Medical Tourism & Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores Indian private hospitals and their role in the global healthcare service supply chain within various religious, social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts. Drawing on critical medical anthropology theories as well as health and human rights perspectives, Smith problematizes the assumed independence between the medical tourism industry, the commodification of the Indian healthcare system, and the local populations facing critical health issues, while highlighting the rapid transformation of healthcare services into merely another global commodity.
Kristen Smith is senior research fellow based at the University of Melbourne.
Introduction: Tensions, Conflicts and Contradictions
Chapter 1: ‘First World Treatment at Third World Prices’
Chapter 2: Medical Tourism and the Hyper-commodification of Healthcare
Chapter 3: The Intersections of Tourism and Health: The Marketization of Medical Tourism
Chapter 4: Places in Peril: Medical Tourism and the Transitioning of Trust
Chapter 5: Mobility, Identity and the Global Imaginary: The Worlding of the Healthcare Workforce
Chapter 6: The Structural Violence of Medical Tourism: Gated Enclaves and Health Exclusion
Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations; Tables; Black & White Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 513 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4417-9 / 1793644179 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4417-6 / 9781793644176 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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