Medical Tourism and Inequity in India (eBook)

The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare

Kristen Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
222 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4418-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In Medical Tourism and 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.For more information, check out A Conversation with Kristen Smith, author of Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.3.2022
• Reihe/Serie: The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society
• Zusatzinfo: 30 Illustrations including: - 17 Black & White Illustrations; - 13 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • Globalization • Healthcare • Health inequality • Public Health • tourism studies
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-4418-7 / 1793644187
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-4418-3 / 9781793644183