Selling one’s organs is nothing but controversial in most circles of health care, including medical tourism.
Yet arguments for and against the sale of organs for transplantation are made by distinguished medical leaders. As recently as 2009, the U.S. Congress considered – but failed to pass – a law that would allow payment to certain organ donors. Read more…
Are the doctors and nurses you work with in medical tourism following best practices in wearing gloves? Proper and routine glove use enhances patient safety and treatment quality. Keep your eyes open.
When to wear gloves: Read more…
The article usually starts with a headline like “The TRUE cost of medical tourism.”
It foreshadows a tale of horror, a story about a medical treatment abroad gone bad. It’s a portrait of a hapless medical tourist suffering a medical complication. Read more…
Hospitals are learning how today’s patients are so different from those just 20 years, or even 10 years ago. With the internet and its boom in information sources, with medical tourism bringing Read more…
Hold your nose, because information about medical tourism sometimes stinks.
But this is no surprise to most medical travel professionals.
From Forbes to Treatment Abroad and the Medical Tourism Association, it seems no one can resist listing the best, the most popular, the trendiest medical destinations. Oh, wait, there is no “trendiest” list of medical tourism “hotspots” … yet. Read more…
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