Kathy Merlock Jackson Lisa Lyon Payne Kathy Shepherd Stolley
Celebrity culture, health care, and travel attract attention in America's media-saturated society. These worlds curiously intersect in the study of medical tourism. Although the US touts some of the finest and best-known medical facilities in the world, many jet-setting A-list celebrities, who can well afford the finest of health care, seek treatment far away from home, popularizing international sites, physicians, and procedures. These travelers, whose every move is chronicled by the media, both reflect and influence health care concerns in America. An analysis of these high-profile cases of...
Celebrity culture, health care, and travel attract attention in America's media-saturated society. These worlds curiously intersect in the study of me...