Purpose – Hospitals need to determine if an international patient department is a necessity to communicate with and manage international patients. Design/Methodology/Approach – A benchmarking instrument was created to assess the level of professionalism in managing international patients,...

Purpose – Non‐discursive practices such as the economy and political constellations have always caused shifts in history. However, in the network society of today, these shifts have become omnipresent. Globalization of health and medical tourism have created a shift or rupture in the history...

Introduction -- How to use this book -- Action research -- Autoethnography -- Case study -- Constructionism -- Content analysis -- Critical realism -- Critical theory -- Deduction -- Delphi method -- Document analysis -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethical practice -- Ethnomethodology --...

This study defines and explores health tourism and its three main components: medical, wellness, and spa tourism. Health tourism comprises around 5% of general tourism in the EU28 and contributes approximately 0.3% to the EU economy. Health tourism has a much higher domestic share than general...

This study defines and explores health tourism and its three main components: medical, wellness, and spa tourism. Health tourism comprises around 5% of general tourism in the EU28 and contributes approximately 0.3% to the EU economy. Health tourism has a much higher domestic share than general...