Open AccessHealth tourism: a problem we need to address
Author(s) -
Thomas J Meirion
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2017.176
Subject(s) - tourism , health care , health tourism , medicine , public relations , psychology , business , political science , law
J Meirion Thomas argues that we are underestimating the true costs of health tourism, and that patients should be required to give proof of ID when presenting for elective care.