Medical, Dental, and Wellness Tourism

ISBN-13: 9781774914946 / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str.

India) Bansal Amit (Gujral Punjab Technical University

Opis

A thorough guide to travel and tourism for treatment of health-related issues. It covers the benefits and challenges, the effect of COVID-19 on medical tourism, selecting the right destination and facility, ending your life in another country, birth tourism, medical travel for second opinions, privacy and health data security, etc.

Spis treści

Foreword by Greg Jenke, Ramsay Health Care, Australia 1. Defining Medical, Dental, and Wellness Tourism and Travel for Treatment 2. How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected the Treatment Sectors 3. Balancing the Physical and Virtual Connections 4. How the International Medical Tourism Sector Fought through the Pandemic, and the Industry’s Road to Post-Pandemic Recovery 5. The Benefits and Challenges of Travel for Treatment 6. Selecting the Right Destination and Facility 7. The Next Steps in Resetting Healthcare 8. Health, Mental Wellness, and Seeking Clarity Post-COVID-19 through Resort Travel 9. Ending Your Life in Another Country 10. The Growing World of Birth Tourism 11. What’s Next for Dental Tourism 12. Rise in Medical Travel for the Second Opinion 13. Privacy and Health Data Security 14. Relevance of Post-Operative Care 15. How Technology is Continuously and Tremendously Improving Medical Travel as an Industry 16. Resources and Experiences to Aid in Making the Right Healthcare Decisions 17. Telemedicine Revolutionizing the Medical Industry 18. Alternative Treatment and Medicines for Travelers

O autorze

Mary Schreiber Swenson, PhD, is the CEO and Founder of MyMedChoices™, the global leader in providing surgical, dental, and wellness international solutions. She has traveled the globe in search of value-based centers of excellence and health care solutions for individuals, employers, and government agencies to ensure the highest quality of care and transparent pricing. Acknowledged for her unique position as a female CEO, Dr. Swenson earned an appointed position membership to the Harvard University Kennedy School’s Women’s Leadership Board following her success bringing two public companies-GUAVA Healthcare and GUAVA Franchising-into Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Franchise 500 for four years running. There, Dr. Swenson plays a crucial role with the Women’s Leadership Board in amplifying research and transforming the world toward gender equity through key partnerships with world leaders, a topic explored in her previously published work, Women Economic Empowerment and Success. Most recently, Dr. Swenson was awarded the 2021 Enterprising Women of the Year Award, the most prestigious recognition for business owners around the world, and was later inducted into the Hall of Fame on November 16, 2021. Other accolades include the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, given to Dr. Swenson by the Office of the President of the United States and AmeriCorps in December 2021. Always on the cutting edge of wellness trends, Dr. Swenson founded Vegan Skin Clinic, an organic, plant-based skin care line that creates a new awareness for natural wellness solutions and a ""brainier beauty,"" during the COVID-19 pandemic, and My Smile Choices, based on a need for self-directed dental care and global transparent pricing.