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'This book by Milica and Karla Bookman is truly groundbreaking. It not only explores a subject that has been missed by researchers and policy makers but also makes a unique contribution to our understanding of globalization. This book demonstrates the extent to which globalization has extended itself to services and that certain types of expertise which were thought to be non-tradeable have been transformed. When tens if not hundreds of thousands of people from the industrialized world are ready to move to obtain medical attention in the developing one, with all that this requires in terms of sophisticated technology and a highly skilled labor, it then means that we are on the verge of a revolutionary change that is far deeper than we had ever anticipated. The implication of the Bookman and Bookman book is that we may be moving into a world where the only non-tradable services will be offered by your barber and car mechanic.'
- Henri J. Barkey, Department Chair and Cohen Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University"This is an excellent, well-documented and carefully organized analysis of a type of travel that is not new but which has grown and changed dramatically in the last decade. This book is destined to be a benchmark study. Packed with insights and startling statistics it is also blessedly free of jargon, making it a superb resource for both scholars andstudents alike."
- Linda K. Richter, Kansas State University"The authors in a well-written style have captured a fascinating transition in our out-of-control health delivery system, which has provoked an exodus of our citizens to look for more affordable health care solutions overseas than they can obtain in the United States. It documents and captures this important and developing trend to seek expert and quality care somewhere other thanone's own hometown. This is a must-read for the public as well as our health policy leaders, hospital CEOs and academia." - Robert Schwartz, M.D., President of the Medical Staff, Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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KARLA R. BOOKMAN is a recent graduate of Columbia Law School, USA, and has completed internships with the World Intellectual Property Organization and a judge in the Southern District of New York. She is currently a litigator at a New York firm.
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Book Title: Medical Tourism in Developing Countries
Authors: Milica Z. Bookman, Karla R. Bookman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230605657
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60005-8Published: 27 September 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60006-5Published: 14 July 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60565-7Published: 06 August 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 245
Topics: Development Economics, International Relations, International Political Economy, Economic Policy, Tourism Management, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics