Stem cell therapies show medical tourism’s darker side.
At Treatment Abroad, we recently received correspondence regarding a UK family’s experience of stem cell tourism. The patient is a four year old boy...
New research into cosmetic surgery tourism
This week I attended, a “Stakeholder Conference” focusing on cosmetic surgery tourism. The event was organised by the research team at the University of...
The perfect body matters, but does the perfect hospital?
“Destination attractiveness” in medical tourism is not about beauty. But is the look of a hospital important in attracting patients? Will a patient feel...
Nigeria wants to be a medical tourism destination… Seriously.
More than 80 countries now consider themselves to be medical tourism destinations. Nigeria is the latest addition to the list. Are you serious?
At the...
10 tips for presenting at a medical tourism event
Have you ever sat through a presentation at a medical tourism conference and thought, “Why did I bother?” With several medical tourism conferences coming...
The most popular medical tourism articles of 2012
What were the top ten most popular medical tourism articles on IMTJ in 2012?
What were the top ten most popular medical tourism articles on...
Do awards mean anything in the medical tourism industry?
The plethora of awards, certificates and badges that are now available in the medical tourism sector set me thinking. What are all these awards...
Is the medical tourism industry struggling from a lack of understanding?
Harvard Professor Glenn Cohen, author of a new book, “Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics.” hit the medical tourism nail on the...
How can we measure a destination’s attractiveness?
In country after country, in clinic after clinic, I hear the same mantra repeated as the rationale for why people should visit for medical...
Negative reviews are facts of life, and dealing with them more important than ever
Treatment Abroad operates the web site Medical Tourism Reviews. The site enables patients to publish reviews and comments about their experience of travelling for...
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