Medical Tourism in Kolkata, Eastern India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Global Perspectives on Health Geography

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Beskrivning

The trends of medical tourism in and around the city of Kolkata are used to demonstrate the roles of infrastructure and stakeholders in implementing feasible and sustainable medical tourism in an emerging destination.The first two chapters of the book provide an introduction to medical tourism and the methodologies of this study.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-13
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:576 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Perspectives on Health Geography
Antal sidor:246
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319732718

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Dr. Anu Rai is an Assistant Professor of Geography in the School of Science at Adamas University. She graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College at the University of Calcutta in 2009, post graduated from Presidency College, the University of Calcutta in 2011 and received her PhD in Geography from the University of Kalyani in 2016 where she was a Research Fellow from 2012 until 2015. She has taught in several colleges and universities in West Bengal and has given talks at several national and international geographical seminars. Her research interests include the study of the geography of decision-making and management, spatial interaction for healthcare and space reconstruction and resource redistribution from a geographical perspective.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1-Medical tourism: an introduction.- Chapter 2-Materials, methods and study design.- Chapter 3-Kolkata: a medical tourism destination in Eastern India.- Chapter 4-Medical tourism facilities in Kolkata.- Chapter 5-Mediators in Kolkata medical tourism industry.- Chapter 6-Medical tourists in Kolkata.- Chapter 7-Evaluating guest-host relationship in medical tourism industry.- Chapter 8-Development versus risk in medical tourism: an assessment.- Chapter 9-Management of medical tourism in Kolkata: strategies and evaluation.- Chapter 10-Summary and conclusion.